1) Anatomical structure 2) Biology terminology 3) Bodily structure 4) Body structure 5) Chiasm 6) Chiasma 7) Complex body part 8) Structure
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1) Chiasm 2) Chiasma 3) Crossing
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Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing. (In Latin anatomical terms the form decussatio is used, e.g. decussatio pyramidum) In anatomy the term chiasma or chiasm means much the same as decussation. Examples include: ==Evolutionary significance== After the origin of the nervous system, in the course of evolution from inver...
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• (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
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(de″kә-sa´shәn) a crossing over; the intercrossing of fellow parts or structures in the form of an X. decussation of pyramids the anterior part of the lower medulla oblongata in which most of the fibers of each pyramid intersect as they cross the midline and des...
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De`cus·sa'tion noun [ Latin
decussatio .] Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the
decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-kŭ-sā′shŭn Synonyms: decussatio
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(dek;uh-sa;shun) A crossing of nerve fibers from one side of the CNS to the other.
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Latin decussatus = crossed like the letter X.
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a process of becoming or condition of being crossed in the form of an · a nerve or tract of nerve fibers that crosses from one side of the central nervous system to the other.
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