Found 3 items, similar to pons.
Indonesian → English (quick) Definition: pon pound
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pons pons n : a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain [syn: pons Varolii] [also: pontes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pons 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]