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Pons  n.  (pl. pontes)  (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. See Asses' bridge, under Ass.






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"Pons" Quotes from Famous Books



... drive away the heretics from their domains, and holding with the heretics themselves conferences which frequently drew a numerous attendance. A knight "full of sagacity," according to a contemporary chronicler, "Pons d'Adhemar, of Rodelle, said one day to Foulques, Bishop of Toulouse, one of the most zealous of the pope's delegates, 'We could not have believed that Rome had so many powerful arguments against these folk here.' 'See you not,' said the bishop, 'how little ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume II. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot



Words linked to "Pons" :   neural structure, pons Varolii, Lily Pons, coloratura, pons asinorum, coloratura soprano, brain stem, Alice-Josephine Pons, respiratory center, brainstem



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