Located of the brainstem; controls breathing and heartbeat; connects the medulla to the two sides of the cerebellum to help coordinate and integrate movement on each side of side of the body; involved in sleep and dreaming.
Serious symptoms related to the bite of a brown recluse spider include low platelet count, destruction of the red blood cells, blot clots in capillaries, inability to form clots, acute renal failure or kidney damage, coma, and death.
the bite of the brown recluse spider is often not immediately painful although a slight stinging sensation may be felt this spider s venom includes a neurotoxic component but the principal concern is its necrotic or cytotoxic properties which cause it to destroy the tissue where it is injected