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Definition of Pons varolii

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

Medical Definition of Pons varolii

1. A rounded eminence off the ventral surface of the brainstem. The origins of cranial nerves V, VI, VII and VIII are at the border of the pons. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pons Varolii

Literary usage of Pons varolii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The pons Varolii is situated immediately behind the two crura of the cerebrum. It consists of a broad band of white fibres, which pass transversely from one ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"GLIOMA OF THE pons varolii.—By M. Pousson, Interne des hopitaux, Paris, Journal de Bordeaux, No. 49. A child, aged nine years, was admitted in the service ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"Internal structure of the pons Varolii.—Sections of the pons are greatly modified by the appearance of the transversely coursing fibres between the two ..."

4. Kirkes': Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, William Hayden Rockwell, Charles Loomis Dana (1902)
"The pons Varolii is generally spoken of as a great commissure ol fibres; of fibres which connect the two halves of the cerebellum and oi fibres which ..."

5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"They are composed of medullary matter, except near the pons Varolii, ... tA deep incision of the pons Varolii, while it shows the union of the crura cerebri ..."

6. A Text-book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1881)
"through the medulla and pons Varolii.1 Against the view of those who maintain that volitional impulses cross suddenly and completely at the decussation of ..."

7. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"pons varolii. We distinguish a pars dorsalis and a pars basalis pontis. The pars dorsalis corresponds to the pars intermedia of the floor of the fourth ..."

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