See Also: anterior part of pons(medicine)
basilar part of pons(medicine)
dorsal part of pons(medicine)
ventral part of pons(medicine)
anterior part of anterior commissure of brain(medicine)
anterior part(medicine)
anterior part of fornix of vagina(medicine)
distal part of anterior lobe of hypophysis(medicine)
postcommunical part of anterior cerebral artery(medicine)
anterior part of diaphragmatic surface of liver(medicine)

anterior part of pons (medicine)


anterior part of pons -->
ventral part of pons


The large ventral part of the pons occupied by the nuclei pontis, traversed longitudinally by corticopontine, corticobulbar, and corticospinal fibres, and transversely by pontocerebellar fibres. Pontocerebellar fibres converging laterally form the middle cerebellar peduncle or brachium pontis.

Synonym: pars ventralis pontis, anterior part of pons, basilar part of pons, pars basilaris pontis.