Definition of Decussation. Meaning of Decussation. Synonyms of Decussation

- Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing (due to the shape of the Roman numeral for ten, an uppercase 'X' (decussis), from Latin...
- The sensory decussation or decussation of the lemnisci is a decussation (a crossing over) of axons from the gracile nucleus and cuneate nucleus, known...
- anterior median fissure of the medulla oblongata as the pyramidal decussation or motor decussation. Having crossed over at the middle line, they p**** down in...
- dorsal aspect of the ventricle and thus ****ist in forming its roof. The decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle is the crossing of fibers of the superior...
- arcuate fibers and when they cross over the midline, at the sensory decussation in the medulla, they form the medial lemniscus which connects with the...
- often lateralized to the contralateral hemisphere due to nerve fiber decussation. Because of the functional division of the left and right sides of the...
- (rostral) or below (caudal) the pyramidal decussation. Damage to the body above the pyramidal decussation will cause contralateral motor deficits. For...
- The ventral supraoptic decussation is the crossover (decussation) point for signals from the left and right eye, en route respectively to the right and...
- cross over to the opposite side from which they originated, known as decussation. The axons that cross over move to the outer part of the medulla oblongata...
- crosses the midline at its level of origin or entry (as opposed to a decussation of fibers that cross obliquely). The nine are the anterior commissure...