pons

region of the brainstem that includes neural pathways and tracts that conduct signals from the brain down to the cerebellum and medulla, and that carry the sensory signals up into the thalamus.
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pons

Summary

pons is a brain region[1]. pons draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #30 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • pons's image is recorded as Pons.gif[3].
  • pons's instance of is recorded as brain region[4].
  • pons's instance of is recorded as organ type[5].
  • pons's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[6].
  • pons's subclass of is recorded as brain region[7].
  • pons's subclass of is recorded as segment of metencephalon[8].
  • pons's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[9].
  • pons's part of is recorded as metencephalon[10].
  • pons's part of is recorded as brain stem[11].
  • pons's Commons category is recorded as Pons[12].
  • pons's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011149[13].
  • pons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hct2[14].
  • pons's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.186.211.132.810.428.600[15].
  • pons's Interlex ID is recorded as birnlex_733[16].
  • pons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pons[17].
  • pons's anatomical location is recorded as brain stem[18].
  • pons's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A14.1.03.010[19].
  • pons's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[20].
  • pons's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • pons's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • pons's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • pons's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 67943[24].
  • pons's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/pons-anatomy[25].
  • pons's UBERON ID is recorded as 0000988[26].
  • pons's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'pons Varolii'}[27].

Why It Matters

pons draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #30 of 61).[2] pons has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] pons is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q43418085. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q43418085. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Q43418085. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q43418085. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q43418085. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pons. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pons
MLA “pons.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pons.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pons_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pons}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pons}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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