decussate

Upon reaching the appropriate level, the axons decussate, entering the ventral horn on the opposite side of the spinal cord from which they entered.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The axons that decussate in the chiasm are from the medial retinae of either eye, and therefore carry information from the peripheral visual field.

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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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This monstrosity, called biastrepsis, consists of strongly marked torsions as are seen in many species with decussate leaves, though as a rule it is very rare.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

In his famous dictionary Samuel Johnson notoriously, and gloriously, defined the word “network” as “any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2016

A cough, said he, is "a convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity," and a network is "anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections."

From Time Magazine Archive

Network is "any thing reticulated or decussated at equal distances."

From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous

Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill

It consisted of the last letter of the Samaritan alphabet, the tau or tav in its decussated or most primitive form, and may be described, as it has been sometimes, as a cruciform hammer.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

This arrangement in successive decussating pairs gives an advantageous distribution on the stem in four vertical ranks.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

The grey matter of the anterior cornua is cut off from the rest by the decussating pyramids and finally disappears.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various