- prepontine
- pre·pon·tine -'pän-.tīn adj of, relating to, occurring in, or being the part of the brain that is anterior to the pons
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prepontine
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prepontine — pre·pontine … English syllables
prepontine — (ˈ)prē+ adjective Etymology: pre + pontine : in front of the pons … Useful english dictionary
prepontine cistern — cisterna pontocerebellaris … Medical dictionary
cistern — 1. [TA] Any cavity or enclosed space serving as a reservoir, especially for chyle, lymph, or cerebrospinal fluid. 2. An ultramicroscopic space occurring between the membranes of the flattened sacs of the endoplasmic reticulum … Medical dictionary
Cistern (neuroanatomy) — Diagram showing the positions of the three principal subarachnoid cisternæ. Latin cisterna Gray s … Wikipedia
cisterna pontis — cisterna pontocerebellaris [TA] pontine cistern: a large space ventral to the pons, continuous posteriorly with the cisterna magna and rostrally with the interpeduncular cistern; the basilar artery runs through it. It may be considered to be… … Medical dictionary
