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chiasm /chi·asm/ (ki´azm) a decussation or X-shaped crossing.
optic chiasm  the structure in the forebrain formed by the decussation of the fibers of the optic nerve from each half of each retina.
chiasm
[kī′azəm]
Etymology: Gk, chiasma, lines that cross
1 the crossing of two lines or tracts, as of the optic nerves at the optic chiasm.
2 (in genetics) the crossing of two chromatids in the prophase of meiosis. chiasmal, chiasmic, adj.
chiasm [ki´azm]
a decussation or X-shaped crossing.
optic chiasm a structure in the forebrain formed by the decussation of fibers of the optic nerve from each half of each retina.
chiasm
a decussation or Y-shaped crossing.
optic chiasm
a structure in the forebrain formed by the decussation of fibers of the optic nerve from each half of each retina.
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