funiculus: meaning and definitions

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What is funiculus?

What is funiculus?

  • Anatomy A slender cordlike strand or band, especially:
  • Anatomy A bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.
  • Anatomy One of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.
  • Anatomy The umbilical cord.
  • Botany A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta.

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