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decussate

[dih-kuhs-eyt, -it, dih-kuhs-eyt, dek-uh-seyt] / dɪˈkʌs eɪt, -ɪt, dɪˈkʌs eɪt, ˈdɛk əˌseɪt /
VERB
cross; intersect
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However, within each eye, the axons projecting from the lateral side of the retina do not decussate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These axons do not decussate in the medulla.

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

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These Rainbows did not Just decussate one another at right Angles; there was some 6 or 7 degrees difference.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry




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