pons Varolii
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Origin of pons Varolii
1685–95; < New Latin: literally, Varoli's bridge; named after Varoli, Italian anatomist (1543–75)
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The third to appear has a ventral convexity and is known as the pontine, since it marks the site of the future pons Varolii; it resembles the permanent flexure in the reptilian brain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The pons Varolii is the transverse projection on the base of the brain, between the medulla oblongata and the peduncles of the cerebrum.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
The Pons, or pons Varolii, named from its supposed resemblance to a bridge, is situated in front of the cerebellum, and is readily recognized as a circular expansion which extends forward from that body.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
Here is the "island of Reil," here the "pons Varolii"; here is the "arbor vitæ"; and here is the "subarachnoid space"; and here that wonderful contrivance of the great Designer that regulates the arterial supplies.
From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine
Above the medulla we observe the pons Varolii, just above which we observe the fibres ascending to each hemisphere under the name of crus cerebri, or thigh of the cerebrum.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
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