decussate

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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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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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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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The leaves are in pairs and decussate with one another; while the lower ones have long petioles which bring them almost to the level of the upper pairs, the whole thus forming a beautiful dome.

From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

A Melaleuca with very small decussate leaves, a tree about twenty-five feet high, was growing on the scrubby ridges.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig