Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 each side with the hemispheres of
   the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See {Brain}.

   {Pons asinorum}. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See
      {Asses' bridge}, under {Ass}.

Source : WordNet®

pons asinorum
     n : a problem that severely tests the ability of an
         inexperienced person