Definition of Pontine. Meaning of Pontine. Synonyms of Pontine

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Definition of Pontine

Pontine
Pontine Pon"tine, a. [L. Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.] Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples. [Written also Pomptine.]

Meaning of Pontine from wikipedia

- Look up pontine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontine may refer to: Having to do with the pons, a structure located in the brain stem (from pons...
- and cerebellum forms an angle - the cerebellopontine angle. The superior pontine sulcus separates the pons from the midbrain. Posteriorly, the pons curves...
- Central pontine myelinolysis is a neurological condition involving severe damage to the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the pons (an area of the brainstem)...
- The pontine arteries are a number of small arteries which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent...
- The Pontine Marshes (/ˈpɒntaɪn/ PON-tyne, US also /ˈpɒntiːn/ PON-teen; Italian: Agro Pontino [ˈaːɡro ponˈtiːno], formerly also Paludi Pontine; Latin:...
- The pontine tegmentum, or dorsal pons, is located within the brainstem, and is one of two parts of the pons, the other being the ventral pons or basilar...
- The pontine nuclei (or griseum pontis) are the nuclei of the pons involved in motor activity. The pontine nuclei are located in the ventral pons. Corticopontine...
- The Pontine Islands (/ˈpɒntaɪn/, also US: /ˈpɒntiːn/; Italian: Isole Ponziane [ˈiːzole ponˈtsjaːne]) are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the...
- The pontine cistern (or prepontine cistern) is a subarachnoid cistern situated ventrally/anteriorly to the pons.: 478  It contains the basilar artery...
- A lateral pontine syndrome is a lesion which is similar to the lateral medullary syndrome, but because it occurs in the pons, it also involves the cranial...