Funiculus (neuroanatomy)
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 Transverse section of human tibial nerve. | |
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| TA98 | A14.1.00.010 |
| FMA | 76738 |
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A funiculus or column [1] is a small bundle of axons (nerve fibres), enclosed by the perineurium. A small nerve may consist of a single funiculus, but a larger nerve will have several funiculi collected together into larger bundles known as fascicles. Fascicles are bound together in a common membrane, the epineurium.[2][3]
Funiculi in the spinal cord are portions of white matter.[4] Examples include:
- Anterior funiculus of the spinal cord
- Lateral funiculus of the spinal cord
- Posterior funiculus of the spinal cord
- Funiculus separans of the rhomboid fossa
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 728 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ "Ascending and descending tracts of the spinal cord". Kenhub. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ Gray, Henry; Lewis, Warren Harmon (1918). Anatomy of the human body. Harold B. Lee Library. Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger.
- ^ Siegel, A. & Sapru, H. (2011). Essential neuroscience. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- ^ "Spinal Cord White Matter".
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nerve fibers
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