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What (who) is funicle - definition
DISAMBIGUOUS PAGE
Funicle; Funiculus (disambiguation)
Funicle
·noun A small cord, ligature, or fiber.
II. Funicle ·noun The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
funicle
['fju:n?k(?)l]
¦ noun
1. Botany a filamentous stalk attaching a seed or ovule to the placenta.
2. Entomology a filamentous section of an insect's antenna, supporting the club.
Origin
C17: anglicized form of L. funiculus (see funiculus).
funicle
n.
1.
Fibre, filament, small cord, small ligature.
2.
(Bot.) Protosperm, filamentous support of the ovule.
Wikipedia
Funiculus
Funiculus (Latin for "slender rope") is any cord-like structure in anatomy or biology, and may refer to:
- in the peripheral nervous system a bundle of axons that may be bundled into a nerve fascicle
- in the central nervous system one of the paired white matter regions of the spinal cord: the anterior funiculus, the lateral funiculus, and the posterior funiculus; and in the fourth ventricle the funiculus separans a strip of ependyma.
- the umbilical cord attaching a fetus to the placenta during pregnancy
- the spermatic cord formed by the vas deferens and surrounding tissue
- in insect antennae, the funicle is the segment connecting the club with the base
- in flowering plants, the funiculus is the stalk that attaches an ovule to the placenta
- in mycology, the funicular cord is a sticky trailing thread that attaches the peridioles (the "eggs") to the peridium (the "nest") in some species of bird's nest fungi
