chiasma

• We know that they are directly connected by fibres that arch round through the chiasma. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
• It will be found that it is absolutely correct if we reflect that this case of the unfelt inversion of the image on the retina is but one example of the anatomical ignorance of the consciousness It might also be declared, in the same order of ideas, that our consciousness is ignorant, that excitements of the eye cross each other at the level of the chiasma, and pass through the internal capsule, and that the majority of the visual excitements of an eye are received by the opposite hemisphere A rather confused notion of these facts has formed itself in the minds of several critics, and I can discern the proof of this in the language they use. —  The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps
• In the MI stage, homologous chromosomes could form bivalents by chiasma, and separase-mediated cleavage of Rec8 did not occur until the onset of AI —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• From their position close to the back of the optic chiasma these growths affect the fibres passing to the nasal half of each retina, and so give rise to bilateral temporal hemianopsia, and although there is no choked disc, the optic nerves undergo primary atrophy from pressure, and there is failure of sight. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
• Operative treatment has been successful in a number of cases, but as the anterior lobe is essential to life, the operation is merely directed towards the relief of pressure on the optic chiasma with a view to preventing loss of vision. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.

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