pons

The pons (from Latin ) is the part of the brainstem that, in humans and other mammals, lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata, and anterior to the cerebellum.

Key facts

Brain.Name: Pons
Brain.Image: Brain bulbar region.svg
Brain.Caption: Pons in the brainstem
Brain.Image2: Gray679.png
Brain.Caption2: Anteroinferior view of the medulla oblongata and pons
Brain.IsPartOf: Brain stem
Brain.Artery: Pontine arteries
Brain.Vein: Transverse and lateral pontine veins

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Research

44,188 papers

Tumors of the pons.Neurosurgery clinics of North America · 1993
The rhombencephalon and breathing: a view from the pons.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology · 2004
[Brainstem infarction (pons)].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 2006
Pons Anteroposterior and Cerebellar Vermis Craniocaudal Diameters in Fetuses With Down Syndrome.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2021
Sudden deafness.Current opinion in neurology · 2006

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Wikidata facts

Image: Pons.gif

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Commons category: Pons
native label: pons Varolii

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Structure
Vasculature
Development
Nuclei
Function
Clinical significance
Other animals
Evolution
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The pons (from Latin ) is the part of the brainstem that, in humans and other mammals, lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata, and anterior to the cerebellum.

The pons is also called the ('bridge of Variolus'), after the Italian anatomist and surgeon Costanzo Varolio (1543–1575). The pons contains neural pathways and nerve tracts that conduct signals from the brain down to the cerebellum and medulla, as well as pathways that carry the sensory signals up into the thalamus.