hemisect
verb (used with object)
to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
hemisection
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a word derived from
hemisect.
Example Sentences
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Mistaking painful stimuli for light touch, or vice versa, may point to errors in ascending projections, such as in a hemisection of the spinal cord that might come from a motor vehicle accident.
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Following a motorcycle accident, the victim loses the ability to move the right leg but has normal control over the left one, suggesting a hemisection somewhere in the thoracic region of the spinal cord.
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The pain fibers on the side with motor function cross the midline in the spinal cord and ascend in the contralateral lateral column as far as the hemisection.
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The spinothalamic pathway decussates immediately upon entering the spinal cord and ascends contralateral to the source; it would therefore bypass the hemisection.
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A hemisection, however, will leave spinal cord tracts intact on one side.
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