Clearcut somatotopical localization was demonstrated in the oral part of the dorsal accessory olivary nucleus.

Of 413 candidates, including 141 serving teachers, who sat the benchmark test in March, two-thirds failed in the writing assessment and half in the oral part.

The myths that have grown up around the rites may continue as part of the group's oral tradition and may even come to be acted out under conditions divorced from these rites.