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Pons — Pons, n.; pl. {Pontes}. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) A bridge; applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pons asinorum — Pons Pons, n.; pl. {Pontes}. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) A bridge; applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pons Varolii — pons Va·ro·lii və rō lē .ī, lē .ē n, pl pontes Varolii PONS Va·ro·lio vä rō lē ō Costanzo (1543 1575) Italian anatomist. A surgeon and professor of anatomy at Bologna, Varolio is remembered for his work on the cranial nerves. In 1573 he published … Medical dictionary
pons Va|ro|li|i — «vuh ROH lee y», a band of nerve fibers in the brain, just above the medulla oblongata, consisting of transverse fibers connecting the two lobes of the cerebellum, and longitudinal fibers connecting the medulla with the cerebrum. ╂[< New Latin … Useful english dictionary
pons — [pänz] n. pl. pontes [pän′tēz΄] [ModL < L, bridge < IE base * pent , to step, go > FIND] Anat. Zool. a piece of connecting tissue; specif., the bridge of white matter at the base of the brain, containing neural connections between the… … English World dictionary
Cerebellum — This article is about the smaller region in the lower part of the brain. For the large region of the brain, see Cerebrum. Brain: Cerebellum A human brain, with the cerebellum colored in purple … Wikipedia
Cerebellum — Das Kleinhirn (lateinisch: Cerebellum) ist ein Teil des Gehirns von Wirbeltieren, der sich dem Hirnstamm hinten auflagert und sich unterhalb der Okzipitallappen des Großhirns in der hinteren Schädelgrube befindet. Zusammen mit dem verlängerten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pons — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME GraySubject = 187 GrayPage = 785 Caption = Diagram showing the positions of the three principal subarachnoid cisternæ. (Pons visible at center.) Caption2 = Anteroinferior view of the medulla oblongata and pons.… … Wikipedia
pons — /ponz/, n., pl. pontes /pon teez/. Anat. 1. Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum. See diag. under brain. 2. any tissue connecting two parts of a body organ or… … Universalium
Pons — A specific section of the brain formed by the rounded prominence on the front surface of the brainstem. (The brainstem is the lowest part of the brain that merges with the spinal cord; it consists of a structure called the medulla oblongata, the… … Medical dictionary
