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Funiculus and Fasciculus Definitions

Funiculus

A bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.

Fasciculus

A bundle of anatomical fibers, as of muscle or nerve. Also called fascicle.

Funiculus

One of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.

Fasciculus

(anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.

Funiculus

The umbilical cord.
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Fasciculus

One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.

Funiculus

(Botany) A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta.

Fasciculus

A little bundle; a fascicle.

Funiculus

(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior & lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.

Fasciculus

A division of a book.
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Funiculus

(botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

Fasciculus

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Funiculus

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

A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.

Funiculus

The stalk of a plant ovule or seed

Funiculus

Any of several body structure resembling a cord

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