fasciculus
noun
a fascicle, as of nerve or muscle fibers.
fasciculi
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pluralof fasciculus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the horse it is also divided into two fasciculi; but the arrangement is the opposite as regards, their relations with neighbouring muscles, in this animal and in the preceding.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
These muscles form the outer sheath of other muscles, which radiate from the nasal canals outwards, and which consist of numerous distinct fasciculi.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
This expansion divides into fasciculi, which end in the thickness of the upper lip.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
Hunter counted thirty-four of these fasciculi in one of the largest.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
These fibers, in turn, are further bound together to form larger bundles called fasciculi, and these, too, are enclosed in a sheath of connective tissue.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
