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Pons

The pons (from Latin pons, 'bridge'code: lat promoted to code: la ) is the part of the brainstem that, in humans and other mammals, lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata, and anterior to the cerebellum.

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Artery
Pontine arteries
FMA
67943
MeSH
D011149
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_733
NeuroNames
547
Part of
Brain stem

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Pons

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples52
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Pons

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related to Development · 9
Pons → Basal, During, GSA, GSE, GVE, SSA, SVA, SVE, The
related to Additional images · 4
Pons → Axial, Deep, Inferior, Location
related to External links · 3
Pons → BrainMaps, Diagram, UCCStained
related to Structure · 3
Pons → It, Posteriorly, The
related to Evolution · 2
Pons → Since, The
related to Function · 2
Pons → Functions, The
Artery · 1
Pons → Pontine arteries
FMA · 1
Pons → 67943
MeSH · 1
Pons → D011149
NeuroLex ID · 1
Pons → birnlex_733

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medulla nuclei cerebellum pontine brainstem part oblongata brain ventral superior nerve artery midbrain sulcus basilar inferior sensory lat promoted code

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PonsArteryPontine arteries1.00infobox
PonsFMA679431.00infobox
PonsMeSHD0111491.00infobox
PonsNeuroLex IDbirnlex_7331.00infobox
PonsNeuroNames5471.00infobox
PonsPart ofBrain stem1.00infobox
PonsTA259211.00infobox
PonsTA98A14.1.03.0101.00infobox
PonsVeinTransverse and lateral pontine veins1.00infobox
Ponsis apneumotaxic center consisting of the subparabrachial and the medial parabrachial nuclei0.90text
touchinstance ofand in facial sensations0.80text
paininstance ofand in facial sensations0.80text

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