pons
n. (உள்.) பாலம், மூளையின் இருபாதிகளையும் இணைக்கும் நரம்பிழைப்பட்டை.
Pons, n.; pl. Pontes. Etym: [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) Defn: A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses' bridge, under Ass.