pons

IPA: pˈɑnz

(anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
(neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem.

Examples of "pons" in Sentences

“But an ox bridge,” Simon quipped, “can be no better that a pons asinorum.”
Anybody who wants to * be* hither with any urgency at all will disregard the pom pons.
A blood clot had formed in a part of their son's brain stem called the pons, causing a stroke right at the juncture where his body met his mind.
And in my opinion it's not much more useful when Get Out the Vote groups act like cheerleaders, waving their pom-pons while ignoring the disillusionment all around them.
The office of the pontifex was originally that of building and keeping custody of the bridges of the city, the name being derived from the Latin word pons, which signifies bridge.
In such meticulously selected cases brain tissue was examined histologically; samples were taken from brain hemispheres, basal ganglia, the pons, the oblongate and from the cerebellum.
The rest of the dorsal part of the pons is a continuation upward of the formatio reticularis of the medulla oblongata, and, like it, presents the appearance of a network, in the meshes of which are numerous nerve cells.