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Pons vs Metencephalon - What's the difference?

pons | metencephalon |

In anatomy terms the difference between pons and metencephalon

is that pons is a band of nerve fibres, the pons Varolii, within the brain stem while metencephalon is the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

pons

English

Noun

(wikipedia pons) (pontes)
  • (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ
  • (anatomy) A band of nerve fibres, the pons Varolii, within the brain stem

    • Holonyms

    * brain stem

    Related terms

    * pontine

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    metencephalon

    English

    (wikipedia metencephalon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.