Funiculus
Transverse section of human tibial nerve.
Identifiers
TA98A14.1.00.010
FMA76738
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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:

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 728 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. "Ascending and descending tracts of the spinal cord". Kenhub. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. Gray, Henry; Lewis, Warren Harmon (1918). Anatomy of the human body. Harold B. Lee Library. Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger.
  3. Siegel, A. & Sapru, H. (2011). Essential neuroscience. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  4. "Spinal Cord White Matter".


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