See Also: Pons(medicine)
Pons(health)
pons(dictionary)
pons hepatis(medicine)
veins of pons(medicine)
tegmentum of pons(medicine)
pons varolii(medicine)
pons cerebelli(medicine)
basilar part of pons(medicine)
oblique bundle of pons(medicine)

pons (iou)



pons noun. . L17.
[Latin = bridge.]
1. Anatomy. A portion of tissue joining two parts of an organ; spec. a band of nerve fibres in the front part of the brainstem, connecting the medulla oblongata and the thalamus, and also the two hemispheres of the cerebellum. Also more fully pons cerebri . L17.
2. pons asinorum , the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, so called from the difficulty which beginners find in 'getting over' it. M18.