a cordlike part or structure, esp a small bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord
2. a variant of funicle
Word origin
C17: from Latin; see funicle
Examples of 'funiculi' in a sentence
funiculi
Two patients showed a dorsal funiculi syndrome closely simulating tabes dorsalis.
Horacio M. Canelas, Oswaldo Ricciard-Cruz, Ovidio A. D. Escalante 1963, 'Cysticercosis of the nervous system: less frequent clinical forms III- spinal cordforms', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1963000200001&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Other varicosities appeared in the lateral and anterior funiculi.
W.A. Partata, A.M.R. Krepsky, L.L. Xavier, M. Marques, M. Achaval 2003, 'Substance P immunoreactivity in the lumbar spinal cord of the turtle Trachemys dorbignifollowing peripheral nerve injury', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000400015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In two cattle there was wallerian degeneration in dorsal funiculi of the spinal cord and ischiadic and fibular nerves.
Pedro Soares Bezerra Jr, Djeison Lutier Raymundo, Andréia Spanamberg, André MendesRibeiro Corrêa, Jorge J. Bangel Júnior, Laerte Ferreiro, David Driemeier 2009, 'Neurotoxicose em bovinos associada ao consumo de bagaço de malte contaminado por Aspergillusclavatus Neurotoxicosis in cattle associated with consumption of beer residues contaminatedwith Aspergillus clavatus', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2009000300006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)