Funiculus

Funiculus (Latin for "slender rope") commonly refers to:

in neurology, a bundle of one or more nerve fascicles.
the umbilical cord attaching a fetus to the placenta during pregnancy
the spermatic cord (Funiculus spermaticus)
in insect antennae, the segment connecting the club with the base
in plants, the stalk attaching an ovule to the ovary wall in a flower or fruit
in mycology, the cord which attaches the peridioles (the "eggs") to the peridium (the "nest") in some species of the bird's nest fungi

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