Pons

Pons
Pons
	Pons in the brainstem
	Anteroinferior view of the medulla oblongata and pons
Details
Part of	Brain stem
Artery	Pontine arteries
Vein	Transverse and lateral pontine veins
Identifiers
MeSH	D011149
NeuroNames	547
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_733
TA98	A14.1.03.010
TA2	5921
FMA	67943
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pons (pl.: pontes; from Latin pons, "bridge") is 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 pons Varolii ("bridge of Varolius"), after the Italian anatomist and surgeon Costanzo Varolio (1543–75).^[1] This region of the brainstem includes neural pathways and tracts that conduct signals from the brain down to the cerebellum and medulla, and tracts that carry the sensory signals up into the thalamus.^[2]

^ Gray, Henry (1862). Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. Blanchard and Lea. pp. 514–. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^ Saladin, Kenneth S. (2007). Anatomy & physiology the unity of form and function. Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill.

[Gray1862-1] Gray, Henry (1862). Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. Blanchard and Lea. pp. 514–. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

[Saladin_Kenneth_S.2007-2] Saladin, Kenneth S. (2007). Anatomy & physiology the unity of form and function. Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill.

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