funiculus

American  

[fyoo-nik-yuh-luhs] / fyuˈnɪk yə ləs /

noun

plural

funiculi

1. Anatomy. a conducting cord, as a nerve cord or umbilical cord.

2. Botany. a funicle.

3. Entomology. (in certain insects) the portion of the antenna between the basal segments and the club.

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funiculus British  

/ fjuːˈnɪkjʊləs /

noun

1. anatomy a cordlike part or structure, esp a small bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord

2. a variant of funicle

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funiculus Scientific  

/ fy-nĭk′yə-ləs /

plural

funiculi

1. A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta (the ovary wall). In some plants, the funiculus develops into a fleshy seed covering called an aril.

2. A slender, cordlike strand or band, especially a bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.

3. Any of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord.

4. The umbilical cord.

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Etymology

Origin of funiculus

1655–65; < Latin: small rope, cord, equivalent to fūni ( s ) rope, line + -culus -cule ¹

Example Sentences

There is a single funiculus, which connects the posterior end of the stomach with the base of the zoœcium.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Therefore in this case the attachment of the funiculus or stalk is about the middle, the chalaza is at one end, the orifice at the other.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The reproductive organs are borne on the inner surface of the endocyst, as a rule in a definite position, and often in connection with the funiculus or funiculi.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The ovary develops at the end of the upper, the testis at that of the lower funiculus.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The latter observer considers that the funiculus, with the integuments, is the equivalent of a leaflet, the petiolule or midrib of which answers to the funiculus, and its hollow expansion to the integument.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.