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Definition of Decussating

Decussating
Decussate De*cus"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decussating.] [L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.] To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

Meaning of Decussating 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...
- fibers of the ventral cochlear nucleus (anterior cochlear nucleus). After decussating, some of these fibres proceed to ascend in the contralateral lateral...
- 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...
- In humans, the tectospinal tract (or colliculospinal tract) is a decussating extrapyramidal tract that coordinates head/neck and eye movements. It arises...
- fasciculus retroflexus, which p****es medial to the red nucleus, and, after decussating with the corresponding fasciculus of the opposite side, ends in the interpeduncular...
- anterior internal arcuate fibers which p**** along the midline before decussating near the rhomboid fossa (floor of fourth ventricle) then p****ing laterally...
- tracts. The lower limit of the pyramids is marked when the fibers cross (decussate). The ventral portion of the medulla oblongata contains the medullary...
- precentral gyrus travelling through to the brainstem, where they will decussate (intersect) within the lower medulla oblongata to form the lateral corticospinal...
- 90 degrees apart, this habit is called decussate. It is common in members of the family Cr****ulaceae Decussate phyllotaxis also occurs in the Aizoaceae...
- Buckleyia). The planorbular, white s**** is cancellated with elevated, decussating transverse and longitudinal lines. It is very widely umbilicated. The...