decussate
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Upon reaching the appropriate level, the axons decussate, entering the ventral horn on the opposite side of the spinal cord from which they entered.
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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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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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In the teasels this screw-arrangement has disappeared, and has been replaced by a decussate grouping.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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