Pontine

(pon’-til, pon’-ten) [pons, bridge]. Pertaining to the pons Varolii. P. Hemiplegia, a hemiplegia due to a lesion of the pons. When the lesion is situated low down in the pons, below the decu ation of the fibers of the facial nerve, and above that of the pyramidal tracts, the hemiplegia is. alternate, i.e., the arm and leg on one side, and the face on the other, are paralyzed. 516