decussation

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The defining landmark of the medullary- spinal border is the pyramidal decussation, which is where most of the fibers in the corticospinal tract cross over to the opposite side of the brain.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In the dorsal column system, this decussation takes place in the brain stem; in the spinothalamic pathway, it takes place in the spinal cord at the same spinal cord level at which the information entered.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The most anterior is the pyramid or motor tract, the decussation of which has been seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

This arrangement is termed the decussation of the anterior columns of the medulla.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman

Dr. Sommering has shewn, that a true decussation of the optic nerves in the human subject actually exists, Elem. of Physiology by Blumenbach, translated by C. Caldwell, Philadelphia.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus