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Funicle; Funiculus (disambiguation)

funiculus         
[fj?'n?kj?l?s]
¦ noun (plural funiculi -l??, -li:)
1. Anatomy a bundle of nerve fibres, especially forming one of the main tracts of white matter in the spinal cord.
2. another term for funicle.
Origin
C17: from L., dimin. of funis 'rope'.
Funiculus         
·noun A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.
II. Funiculus ·noun In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. ·see Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.
III. Funiculus ·noun A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; ·esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
Funiculus         
Funiculus (Latin for "slender rope") is any cord-like structure in anatomy or biology, and may refer to:

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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
Examples of use of funiculus
1. Featuring in the meat part are various kinds of meat good for health including bear plantar, leopard funiculus, deer tail and pheasant and their producing areas.