A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for the pons to attain its fully functional state. The pons lies above the medulla and next to the cerebellum. The pons conveys information about movement from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum. [ GOC:jid GOC:dgh GOC:cls GOC:dph http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0838580343 ]
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- environmental system process
- anatomical structure maturation
- part of some hindbrain maturation
- part of some pons development
- results in maturation of some pons