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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pons 
  n  :  a  band  of  nerve  fibers  linking  the  medulla  oblongata  and  the 
  cerebellum  with  the  midbrain  [syn:  {pons  Varolii}] 




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