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Funiculus
Funiculus meaning
Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi. | A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.
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In all species the ovaries develop on the inside of the body wall, and the testes on the funiculus connecting the stomach to the body wall.