funiculus

funiculus

[fə′nik·yə·ləs]

(anatomy)

Also known as funicle.

Any structure in the form of a chord.

A column of white matter in the spinal cord.

(botany)

The stalk of an ovule.

(invertebrate zoology)

A band of tissue extending from the adoral end of the coelom to the adoral body wall in bryozoans.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.