prepontineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

prepontine ‎(not comparable)

1. (anatomy) anterior to the pons
   • 2015, Abhishek Jha et al., “Trigeminal hypoplasia due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: A new entity”^[1], Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, volume 10, DOI:10.4103/1817-1745.159189: 

     Being congenital in nature, the pathology was deduced to be nerve hypoplasia rather than nerve atrophy. (a) Sagittal and (b) Coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging showing ectatic aberrant left vertebral artery in the prepontine cistern (a) Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging image showing anomalous course of the left vertebral artery, with compression and flattening of the left inferior olivary nucleus (black arrow).