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–noun, plural pon⋅tes  [pon-teez] . Anatomy.
1. Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
2. any tissue connecting two parts of a body organ or structure.
Origin:
1685–95; < L pōns bridge (see punt 1 )
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pons   (pŏnz)   
n.   pl. pon·tes (pŏn'tēz)

  1. A slender tissue joining two parts of an organ.

  2. A band of nerve fibers on the ventral surface of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with upper portions of the brain. Also called pons Varolii.


[Latin pōns, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]
pon·tes   (pŏn'tēz)   
n.  Plural of pons.
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Word Origin & History

pons 
"bridge," in various L. expressions, esp. pons asinorum "bridge of asses" (1751), nickname for the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, which beginners and slow wits find difficulty in "getting over": if two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal. From PIE *pent- "to go, to pass; path, bridge" (cf. Skt. panthah "path, way," Gk. pontos "open sea," pateo "I step").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pons
Pronunciation: 'pänz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pon·tes /'pän-"tEz/
: a broad massof chiefly transverse nerve fibers conspicuous on the ventral surface of the mammalian brain at the anterior end of the medulla oblongata
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pons (pŏnz)
n. pl. pon·tes (pŏn'tēz)

  1. The part of the brainstem that is intermediate between the medulla oblongata and the mesencephalon and is composed of a ventral part and the tegmentum.

  2. A bridgelike formation connecting two disjoined parts of a structure or organ.

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pons   (pŏnz)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural pontes (pŏn'tēz)
A thick band of nerve fibers in the brainstem of humans and other mammals that links the brainstem to the cerebellum and upper portions of the brain. It is important in the reflex control of involuntary processes, including respiration and circulation. All neural information transmitted between the spinal cord and the brain passes through the pons.
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