pons

Noun

Meaning

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.

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Synonyms

pons Varolii Alice-Josephine Pons Lily Pons cerebellum brain mantle lobe convolution cerebrum fissure amygdala diencephalon hippocampus medulla oblongata hypothalamus
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Hypernyms

neural structure

Related terms

pontine pons asinorum

Derivatives

pontes

Anagrams

NPOs

Examples

Alcoholic patients should receive vitamin supplementation and a formal evaluation of their nutritional status. citation citation Once demyelination of the pons has begun, there is no cure or specific treatment. Source: Internet

Derleth produced more than a few Solar Pons stories almost as good as Sir Arthur's, and many that had better plot construction." Source: Internet

Cold fusion main In 1989, Fleischmann and Pons announced the discovery of a simple and cheap procedure to obtain room-temperature nuclear fusion. Source: Internet

At about the same time, the hindbrain splits into the metencephalon (which will contain the cerebellum and pons) and the myelencephalon (which will contain the medulla oblongata ). Source: Internet

Eventually the high temperature phases would no longer occur within a particular cell.sfn In 1988 Fleischmann and Pons applied to the United States Department of Energy for funding towards a larger series of experiments. Source: Internet

Fleischmann–Pons experiment The most famous cold fusion claims were made by Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann in 1989. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ponomarevite ponophobia ponor pons asinorum pons Varolii Ponselle