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Definition of Funiculus
1. Noun. The stalk of a plant ovule or seed.
2. Noun. Any of several body structure resembling a cord.
Specialized synonyms: Medulla Spinalis, Spinal Cord, Umbilical, Umbilical Cord, Spermatic Cord
Definition of Funiculus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Funiculus
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord ¹
2. Noun. (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Funiculus
1. a funicle [n -LI] - See also: funicle
Medical Definition of Funiculus
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Origin: L, a little cord. See Funicle.
1. (Anat) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibres; especially, one of the small bundles of fibres, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Funiculus
Literary usage of Funiculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Just before and as the central canal expands into the fourth ventricle the base
of the posterior horn of gray matter is pushed outward into the funiculus ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"... t is marked bv slight furrows dividing it into smaller columns, and these in
the lower part of the medulla are named, from without inward, the funiculus ..."
3. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"[The rest iform body consists chiefly of the upward continuation of the
postero-external column or funiculus cuneatus of the cord. ..."
4. A Manual of human anatomy arranged for second-year students by John Mumford Swan (1898)
"Outside the funiculus gracilis we see the funiculus cuneatus and outside the ...
The funiculus of Rolando is limited externally by the lateral tract which ..."
5. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"... lateralis and funiculus posterior (Fig. 101). These three great columns occupy
the anterior, lateral and posterior areas of the cord. ..."
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