Definition of Decussately. Meaning of Decussately. Synonyms of Decussately

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Definition of Decussately

Decussately
Decussately De*cus"sate*ly, adv. In a decussate manner.

Meaning of Decussately from wikipedia

- nerves such as in the optic chiasm. In botanical leaf taxology, the word decussate describes an opposite pattern of leaves which has successive pairs at...
- period. The tradition according to which this saint was crucified on a decussate cross is not found in early hagiography. Depictions of Saint Andrew being...
- off to make room for the decussately oriented new pair as the plant grows. If the arrangement is both distichous and decussate, it is called secondarily...
- point or node on the stem. Leaf attachments are paired at each node. Decussate An opposite arrangement in which each successive pair is rotated 90° from...
- and the secondary neuronal axons decussates and then travel up to the superior cerebellar peduncle where they decussate again. From here, the information...
- from most medial to most lateral respectively. The pathway crosses over (decussates) at the level of the spinal cord, rather than in the brainstem like the...
- Cupressaceae and one genus in Podocarpaceae, where they are arranged in decussate opposite pairs or whorls of 3 (−4). In many species with spirally arranged...
- the corticospinal tract along the front of the medulla and cross over (decussate) at the medullary pyramids. These then travel down the spinal cord, with...
- a square stem, consecutive pairs being at right angles to each other (decussate). In some narrow-leaved species, for example E. oleosa, the seedling leaves...
- stalks are slender stems of the inflorescence axis that show opposite decussate branching. Externally, they are brownish, rough, and irregularly wrinkled...