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mesopontine

mesopontine noun: an area of tissue at the junction of the mesencephalon and the pons.

Noun

mesopontine (uncountable)

  1. An area of tissue at the junction of the mesencephalon and the pons.
    • The mesopontine tegmentum contains cholinergic neurons that project widely to the forebrain and brainstem.2019, Ralph Lydic, Handbook of Behavioral State Control: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Origin of mesopontine

From meso- + pontine.

Questions about mesopontine

What does mesopontine mean?
Mesopontine means an area of tissue at the junction of the mesencephalon and the pons.
What part of speech is mesopontine?
Mesopontine is a noun.

Words near mesopontine in the dictionary

  1. mesopodialia
  2. mesopodium
  3. mesopolyploid
  4. mesopolysaccharide
  5. mesopolysaccharides
  6. mesopontine
  7. mesoporal
  8. mesopore
  9. mesopores
  10. mesoporosities
  11. mesoporosity

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