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n. a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain [syn: pons Varolii ] [also: pontes (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bridge," in various Latin expressions, from Latin pons "bridge, connecting gallery, walkway," earlier probably "way, passage," from PIE *pent- "to go, tread" (see find (v.)). Especially pons asinorum "bridge of asses," nickname for the fifth proposition ...
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The pons (or pons Varolii; "bridge of Varolius") is a knob on the brain stem. Pons or pons may also refer to: Pons , a junior synonym of the butterfly genus Penaincisalia Passive optical network , a telecommunications term Polish Lowland Sheepdog , from ...
Usage examples of pons.
This axiom evidently expresses the symmetry of perpendicularity, and is the essence of the famous pons asinorum expressed as an axiom.
Pons was rarely called on to game with his dynast, who had little patience with the unskilled.
This mixed nerve arises in the medulla, near its junction with the pons, and innervates the mucous membrane of the rear of the tongue and of the throat.
Pons Sublicius, the oldest of the bridges spanning the Tiber at the city of Rome.
I was enabled to shake the hands of Edgar Quinet, of Chauffour, of Clement Dulac, of Bancel, of Versigny, of Emile Pean, and I again met our energetic and honest host of the Rue Blanche, Coppens, and our courageous colleague, Pons Stande, whom we had lost sight of in the smoke of the battle.
At that very moment the indefatigable representative of the firm of Sonet came up, and, closely following him, the man who remembered Pons and thought of paying him a last tribute of respect.
The uppermost connects it with the midbrain, the next with the pons, and the lowermost with the medulla oblongata.
For instance, the rate of salivary secretion is controlled by certain cells in the upper medulla and the lower pons.
It arises from the pons a little before its junction with the medulla and leads to the external rectus muscle of the eyeball.
Pons happened to meet Palissy, and finding that the same subjects interested them both, he showed him the cup.
The notary, inquiring for Pons, was shown upstairs by the portress of a neighboring house.
But without some sketch of the Presidente, it is impossible fully to understand the perturbation of heart from which Pons suffered.
While Pons was casting about for the complimentary answer which invariably occurred to him too late when he was afraid of his host, Madeleine came in, handed a folded note to the Presidente, and waited for an answer.
Madeleine had no sooner left the room than the Presidente turned to Cousin Pons with that insincere friendliness which is about as grateful to a sensitive soul as a mixture of milk and vinegar to the palate of an epicure.
Pons, thus reached on his weak side, again plunged into formulas more than polite, and went as far as the stairhead with the President.