funiculus

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

[Latin fūniculus, slender rope, diminutive of fūnis, rope.]

A cord-like structure, such as a bundle of nerve fibres enclosed within a sheath (e.g. the column of white matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord).

Pl. funiculi [L.] a cord; a cordlike structure or part, especially one of the large bundles of nerve tracts making up the white matter of the spinal cord.

• dorsal f. — the white substance of the spinal cord lying on either side between the dorsal median septum and the dorsal root.
• lateral f., f. lateralis — the lateral mass of fibers on either side of the spinal cord, between the dorsolateral and ventrolateral sulci.
• f. spermaticus — see spermatic cord.
• f. spinalis — see spinal cord.
• ventral f — the white substance of the spinal cord lying on either side between the ventral median fissure and the ventrolateral sulcus.

Funiculus (Latin for "slender rope") commonly refers to:

• in neurology, a bundle of nerve fibers
• the umbilical cord attaching a fetus to the placenta during pregnancy
• the spermatic cord (Funiculus spermaticus)
• in insect antennae, the segment connecting the club with the base
• in plants, the stalk attaching an ovule to the ovary wall in a flower or fruit
• in mycology, the cord which attaches the peridioles (the "eggs") to the peridium (the "nest") in some species of the bird's nest fungi

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