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Chiasm may refer to:
Chiasm (musical project), an electronic music project by Emileigh Rohn
Chiasm (anatomy), an X-shaped structure produced by the crossing over of the fibers, with the prefix chiasm- means cross examples include:
A nerval chiasm, where either two nerves cross in the body midline (e.g. Optic chiasma)
A crossing of fibres inside a nerve reversing their mapping
A tendinous chiasm, the spot where two tendons cross. The tendon of the flexor digitorum longus muscle forms two: the crural chiasm (with the tendon of the tibialis posterior muscle) and the plantar chiasm (with the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus muscle).
Chiasma (genetics), the point where two chromatids are intertwined (interwoven) in a cell
In neuroanatomy, the optic chiasm, or optic chiasma ( /ɒptɪk kaɪæzəm/; from Greek χίασμα 'crossing', from Ancient Greek χιάζω 'to mark with an X'), is...
Look up chiasm, chiasma, chiasmata, or chiasms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiasm may refer to: Chiasm (musical project), an electronic music project...
Emileigh Rohn is a solo artist who produces the electronic music project Chiasm sold by COP International records. She has released five albums; Disorder...
axon that extends into the brain. These axons form the optic nerve, optic chiasm, and optic tract. A small percentage of retinal ganglion cells contribute...
and left visual field. It is usually associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, the area where the optic nerves from the right and left eyes cross near...
Compression of the optic chiasm is associated with pituitary adenoma, Craniopharyngioma, Meningioma etc. A lesion involving complete optic chiasm, which disrupts...
optic chiasm (see diagram above) will affect the areas of vision loss. Damage to the optic nerve that is anterior, or in front of the optic chiasm (toward...
then carries these pulses through the optic canal. Upon reaching the optic chiasm the nerve fibers decussate (left becomes right). The fibers then branch...
contralateral side of the body. Two of the cranial nerves show chiasmas: (1) the chiasm of the optic tract (i.e., cranial nerve II), which originates from the eyes...
In rhetoric, chiasmus (/kaɪˈæzməs/ ky-AZ-məs) or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape...
compression of the optic chiasm, which lies on top of the pituitary, enveloping the pituitary stalk. Compression of the optic chiasm can lead to bitemporal...
set of signs and symptoms that are associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, manifesting as various impairments of the affected's visual field according...
condition called bitemporal hemianopsia. If originating superior to the optic chiasm, more commonly in a craniopharyngioma of the pituitary stalk, the visual...
songs. Chiasms in the Hebrew Bible include, but are not limited to, the following examples: Genesis 6:10–9:18a (including a numerical mini-chiasm) Genesis...
[citation needed] Sympathetic ganglion Ganglion cyst Nervous system Neuron Chiasm "Glossary G". UNSW Embryology. Archived from the original on 14 December...
position of the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, and the pancreas Optic chiasmchiasm of the trochlear nerve Non-crossed olfactory tract Aurofacial asymmetry...
chiasma is reserved for crossing of- or within nerves such as in the optic chiasm. In botanical leaf taxology, the word decussate describes an opposite pattern...
core of 1 Esdras with Ezra 5, which together are arranged in a literary chiasm around the celebration in Jerusalem at the exiles' return. This chiastic...
Newton–Müller–Gudden (NGM) saying: that the degree of optic fibre decussation in the optic chiasm is contrariwise related to the degree of frontal orientation of the optical...
the brain, as opposed to the heart as Aristotle had theorized. The optic chiasm, which is crucial to the visual system, was discovered around 100 C.E. by...
field defects) Lesions in the chiasm (e.g. Bitemporal hemianopia, loss of vision at the sides) Lesions after the chiasm (homonymous field defects like...
each other, in a spot above the medial malleolus, the crural tendinous chiasm. It passes through the tarsal tunnel. It passes obliquely forward and lateralward...
hypothalamus forming the floor of the third ventricle situated between the optic chiasm, and the mammillary bodies. The tuberal region is one of the three regions...
normal alignment. The abnormality is that there is a disruption in the optic chiasm. The examination of Moni's brain suggested the disruption is less severe...
Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer Hypogonadism Compression of the optic chiasm by the growth of pituitary adenoma leading to visual problems About 98%...
role in the optic nerve tract. This is shown in (figure 4.) with the optic chiasm, which takes the nerve from the right eye to the left hemisphere and the...
small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm. The cistern is situated superior to the optic chiasm, and inferior to the rostrum of corpus callosum...
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