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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These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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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 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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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.