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decussate

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decussate [′dekĀ·ə‚sāt]
(botany)
Of the arrangement of leaves, occurring in alternating pairs at right angles.
(science and technology)
To intersect in the form of an X.


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Some of the secondary vestibular neurons receiving innervation from the ipsilateral labyrinth have axons that decussate and synapse in the contralateral abducens nucleus, whereas others ascend ipsilaterally to the oculomotor nucleus.
 
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