chiasm
chiasm — 名詞
- chiasmsingular
- chiasmsplural
1. a place in the body where two nerves or other long parts cross over each other,
交叉；視交叉
身體中兩條構造交叉成X形的地方
a place in the body where two nerves or other long parts cross over each other, making a shape like the letter X
Ilan traced the chiasm on the brain model, where two nerves cross in an X.
Ilan 在腦部模型上描出視交叉，也就是兩條神經交叉成 X 的地方。
the + chiasm: a countable noun naming one specific crossing
Signals from both eyes meet at the optic chiasm before travelling deeper into the brain.
來自雙眼的訊號會先在視交叉會合，再傳往大腦深處。
collocation: optic chiasm
In Shirin's drawing, the chiasm looked like a small X where two nerves crossed.
在 Shirin 的畫中，視交叉看起來像個小小的 X，兩條神經在那裡交叉。
Dr. Feng studied the scan to find the chiasm where the eye nerves cross.
Feng 醫師研究掃描影像，想找到眼神經交叉的視交叉。
Tomás's textbook has a chapter on how the chiasm joins the two eye nerves.
Tomás 的課本有一章，在講視交叉如何連接兩條眼神經。
- chiasma
another word for the same crossing
- decussation
a crossing of two tracts in an X shape
常見搭配
常用片語
- optic chiasm