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

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These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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The leaves of this plant are naturally rectiserial and decussate, but, in the twisted stem the leaves were curviserial, and arranged according to the 5/13 plan.

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