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
n : a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the
cerebellum with the midbrain [syn: {pons Varolii}]
[also: {pontes} (pl)]
pontes
See {pons}