Pons

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Pons asinorum}. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See
        {Asses' bridge}, under {Ass}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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