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.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
However, within each eye, the axons projecting from the lateral side of the retina do not decussate.
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 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
This monstrosity, called biastrepsis, consists of strongly marked torsions as are seen in many species with decussate leaves, though as a rule it is very rare.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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
Quibblers possibly may arise and present Johnson's definition of network—"anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances with interstices between the intersections"—but with the quibbler we have no time to dally.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
A decussated cross, on which St. Andrew was crucified, indicates his day.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
Plato says that the "next power to the Supreme God was decussated, or figured in the shape of a cross, on the universe."
From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood
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 Gray, Asa
