The part of the central nervous system lying between the medulla oblongata and the midbrain, ventral to the cerebellum. [ VHOG:0001176 ]
Synonyms: pons Varolii pons of Varolius
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-0813
- BAMS:PONS
- NCIT:C12511
- UMLS:C1280999 (BIRNLEX:733)
- MBA:771
- BM:Pons
- SCTID:279103004
- MESH:D011149
- EFO:0001394
- BTO:0001101
- MIAA:0000115
- HBA:9131
- MAT:0000115
- VHOG:0001176
- UMLS:C0032639 (ncithesaurus:Pons_Varolii)
- BIRNLEX:733
- EMAPA:17563
- Wikipedia:Pons
- UMLS:C0032639 (BIRNLEX:733)
- MA:0000204
- EV:0100253
- BAMS:Pons
- FMA:67943
- neuronames:547 (BIRNLEX:733)
- EHDAA2:0004394
- GAID:578
- DHBA:10661
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
The part of the central nervous system lying between the medulla oblongata and the midbrain, ventral to the cerebellum. [TFD][VHOG]
During the embryonic development of birds and mammals, neuroblasts migrate from the cerebellum into the ventral part of the rhombencephalon and differentiate into pontine and other nuclei, which relay information from between the cerebrum and cerebellum, and a conspicuous band of transverse fibers. This region is known as the pons. A pons does not differentiate in reptiles and anamniotes (...).[well established][VHOG]
The pons is not present in zebrafish. In this ontology we currently have some structures which are applicable to zebrafish appearing as parts of the pons. Currently we only include the weaker dubious_for_taxon relationship ubtil this is resolved
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- part of some brainstem
- contributes to morphology of some brainstem
- contributes to morphology of some metencephalon
- part of some metencephalon
- only in taxon some Vertebrata