Category:Pons

Pons, n.; pl. Pontes. Etym: [l., a bridge.] (anat.)

Defn: 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 each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the Mesocephalon. See brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [l., literally, bridge Of asses.] See asses' bridge, under ass.