Decussate (Verb)
Meaning
Cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The median fibers of the olfactory tracts decussate to form a midline structure.
- A key feature of this pathway is that its axons decussate the midline of the central nervous system.
- In many chordates the optic nerves first partially decussate as they enter the brain.
- Some axons from these layers decussate to ascend in the contralateral dorsal column.
- The left and right optic nerves partially decussate as they enter the midbrain.