funiculus

Etymology

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.

noun

  1. (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.
  2. (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

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