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Record 1 1999-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The intercrossing of two homonymous fiber bundles as each crosses over to the opposite side of the brain in the course of its ascent or descent through the brainstem or spinal cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Entrecroisement des fibres nerveuses avec les formations similaires controlatérales par franchissement du plan sagittal médian du système nerveux central.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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