- 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...
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Central pontine myelinolysis is a
neurological condition involving severe damage to the
myelin sheath of
nerve cells in the pons (an area of thebrainstem])...
- The
Pontine Islands (/ˈpɒntaɪn/, also US: /ˈpɒntiːn/; Italian:
Isole Ponziane [ˈiːzole ponˈtsjaːne]) are an
archipelago in the
Tyrrhenian Sea off the...
- The
pontine tegmentum, or
dorsal pons, is the
dorsal part of the pons
located within the brainstem. The
ventral part or
ventral pons is
known as the basilar...
- oblongata, and
cerebellum forms the
cerebellopontine angle. The
superior pontine sulcus separates the pons from the midbrain. Posteriorly, the pons curves...
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spinal cord. When
located in the pons it is also
known as
diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). DMG is
believed to be
caused by
genetic mutations that cause...
- The
Pontine Marshes (/ˈpɒntaɪn/ PON-tyne, US also /ˈpɒntiːn/ PON-teen; Italian: Agro
Pontino [ˈaːɡro ponˈtiːno],
formerly also
Paludi Pontine; Latin:...
- The
pontine nuclei (or
griseum pontis) are all the
neurons of the
ventral pons.
Corticopontine fibres project from the
primary motor cortex to the ipsilateral...
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respiratory group, and the
ventral respiratory group. In the pons, the
pontine respiratory group includes two
areas known as the
pneumotaxic center and...
- 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...
