decussate
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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.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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
The axons that decussate in the chiasm are from the medial retinae of either eye, and therefore carry information from the peripheral visual field.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The major differences between the two are in the type of information that is relayed to the brain and where the tracts decussate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The twisted parents gave as many as 41% twisted children, but the decussate atavists gave even somewhat more, viz.,
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
In his Dictionary he defined "network" as "anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances with interstices between the intersections."
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
A decussated cross, on which St. Andrew was crucified, indicates his day.
From Old Church Lore by William Andrews
As a contrast in descriptive style, we would quote Dr. Johnson on network: “Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.”
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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
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
