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.

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These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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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 the second neuron decussate and ascend to the thalamus along the trigeminothalamic tract.

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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.