funic'ulus

[L. dim. of fun is, cord.] small, cordlike structure, such as (i) one of the bundles of nerve-fibers the aggregate of which compose the nerve-trunk; (2) the spermatic cord; (3) the umbilical cord; (4) in botany, the stalk of the ovule, f. am'nii, amniotic cord. f. ante'rior, anterior bundle, anterior column of the spinal cord, a column or bundle of white matter on either side of the anterior median fi ure, between that and the anterolateral sulcus. f. cunea'tus [BNA], the upward prolongation of the fasciculus cuneatus, or Burdach's tract, in the medulla, f. gra'cilis [BNA], the upward prolongation of the fasciculus gracilis, or GoU's tract, in the medulla. f. later a'lis [BNA], the lateral white column of the spinal cord between the lines of exit and entrance of the anterior and posterior nerve roots; it contains four tracts or fasciculi: the lateral cerebrospinal or cro ed pyramidal, the cerebellospinal or direct cerebellar, the superficial anterolateral or Gowers' tract, and the proper lateral fasciculus or lateral groimd or basis biindle; also the lateral white column of the medulla oblong at a, f. medull'ae spina'lis [BNA], any one of the columns of the spinal cord, the chief of which are the posterior (/, posterior) and the anterolateral (/. anterior and/, lateral is) of each lateral half of the cord; in the cervical portion of the cord the posterior column divides into an outer part cuneatus) and an inner part ( /. gracilis), f. poste'rior Stedman's Medical Dictionary