橋腦（拉丁语: Pons）是腦幹的一部分，在人和兩足動物位於中腦下方、延腦上方、小腦前方。
結構
橋腦在延腦的上方和小腦前方，它位於延髓与中脑的大脑脚之間，前后缘有横沟为界；外形呈白色弓状的横隆凸；内部有大量的横走的神经纤维，连接左、右小脑半球，并有许多纵走的神经纤维束，联系端脑、间脑、中脑、延髓和脊髓，在神经纤维束之间有许多神经核。
功能
橋腦對於睡眠具有調節和控制的作用，也是小腦與其他腦區的聯絡橋樑。
其他圖像
File:Pons.gif|Location and topography of Pons(Animation)
File:Gray677.png|Scheme showing the connections of the several parts of the brain
File:Gray682.png|Superficial dissection of brainstem, lateral view
File:Gray689.png|Superficial dissection of brainstem, ventral view
File:Gray701 zh.png|Axial section of the pons, at its upper part
File:Gray719.png|Hind- and mid-brains; posterolateral view
File:Gray720.png|Median sagittal section of brain
File:Human cerebrum lateral view, a part of temporal lobe resected description.JPG|Human cerebrum lateral view
File:Brain stem sagittal section.svg|Nuclei of the pons and brainstem
File:Slide2cuc.JPG|Cerebrum. Deep dissection. Inferior dissection.
參考文獻
*Saladin Kenneth S.(2007) Anatomy & physiology the unity of form and function. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill
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附註
外部連結
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060502144925/http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-potter/The_Brain/sld017.htm Diagram at UCC]
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