decussate

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

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These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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Axons from these second neurons then decussate within the spinal cord and ascend to the brain and enter the thalamus, where each synapses with the third neuron in its respective pathway.

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Thus, leaves normally opposite and decussate may, by fusion, become alternate.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.