funiculus — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. 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 and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.

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

   Sinonimi

   funicleumbilical cord

   Esempi

   The elaiosome emerges from the funiculus.

Sostantivo

1. the stalk of a plant ovule or seed

   Sinonimi

   funicle

   Termini più generali

   stalkstem

2. any of several body structure resembling a cord

   Termini più generali

   structureanatomical structurecomplex body partbodily structurebody structure