PONS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: pontes

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain

Synonyms:

pons; pons Varolii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pons" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "pons"):

respiratory center (the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles)

Holonyms ("pons" is a part of...):

brain-stem; brain stem; brainstem (the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)

Synonyms:

Alice-Josephine Pons; Lily Pons; Pons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

coloratura; coloratura soprano (a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music)

Credits

Context examples:

A diamond-shaped cavity filled with cerebrospinal fluid within the pons extending between the obex in the caudal medulla and the aqueduct of Sylvius in the cerebellum.

(Fourth Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

The cavity situated in front of the pons between the temporal lobes over the diencephalon base and where the arachnoid membrane crosses.

(Crural Cistern, NCI Thesaurus)

An irregularly shaped cavity in the rhombencephalon, between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the isthmus in front, and the cerebellum behind.

(Fourth Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It consists of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata.

(Brain stem, NCI Thesaurus)

The abducens nerve originates in the abducens nucleus of the pons and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the eye.

(Abducens Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Having to do with two structures of the brain, the cerebellum (located at the lower back of the brain) and the pons (located at the base of the brain in front of the cerebellum) and the area between them.

(Cerebellopontine, NCI Dictionary)

The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries.

(Basilar Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The cerebellum contributes a large number of afferent fibers to the pons.