decussate

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Axons from the second neuron decussate and ascend to the thalamus along the trigeminothalamic tract.

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The major differences between the two are in the type of information that is relayed to the brain and where the tracts decussate.

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These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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However, within each eye, the axons projecting from the lateral side of the retina do not decussate.

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A Melaleuca with very small decussate leaves, a tree about twenty-five feet high, was growing on the scrubby ridges.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig