fas·ci·cle

(făs′ĭ-kəl)

1. A small bundle.

2. One of the parts of a book published in separate sections. Also called fascicule.

3. Botany A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves.

[Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis, bundle.]

fas′ci·cled adj.

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fascicle

(ˈfæsɪkəl)

1. (Botany) a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc

2. (Anatomy) anatomy Also called: fasciculus a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing another name for fascicule

4. any small bundle or cluster

[C15: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle]

ˈfascicled adj

fascicular, fasciculate adj

fasˈciculately adv

fasˌcicuˈlation n

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fas•ci•cle

(ˈfæs ɪ kəl)

n.

1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.

2. a close cluster, as of flowers.

3. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.

[1490–1500; < Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis. See fasces, -cle¹]

fascicle

an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts.

Fascicle

small bundle or bunch; a tuft or cluster of leaves, etc.

Examples: fascicle of fibres, 1738; of flowers; of hair, 1792; of leaves [pages of a book]; of roots; of virtues, 1622.

fascicle

(or fasciculus) A bundle of muscle or nerve fibers.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	fascicle - an installment of a printed work fascicule instalment, installment - a part of a published serial
	2.	fascicle - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle trigonum cerebrale, fornix - an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

Translations

Faszikel

fascicle

[ˈfæsɪkl] N fascicule [ˈfæsɪkjuːl] N → fascículo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fascicle

, fascicule

(Bot) → Büschel nt; (Anat) → Bündel nt

(of book) → Lieferung f, → Faszikel (old) m

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fas·ci·cle

n. fascículo, haz de fibras musculares y nerviosas.

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The muscle fiber diameter (MFD), muscle fiber cross sectional area (MFCSA), muscle fascicle diameter (MFSD) and muscle fascicle cross sectional area (MFSCSA) decreased (p < 0.05) in HS group when compared to TNZ group, whereas they increased (p < 0.05) in T3, T4 and T5 compared to HS group.

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The two-way ANOVA for fascicle length variations recorded during the last degrees (5[degrees]-[ROM.sub.end]) and total ROM (15[degrees]-[ROM.sub.end]) revealed a conditioning activity and time interaction (p < 0.001, [[eta].sub.p.sup.2] = 0.39 and p < 0.001, [[eta].sub.p.sup.2] = 0.36, respectively).

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A peripheral nerve is composed of axon, myelin, endoneurium, fascicle, perineurium and epineurium.

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Furthermore, large-size muscles in athletes may possess differences in architectural characteristics with a greater pennation angle limiting changes in fascicle length (8) or a greater fascicle length limiting changes in pennation angle (9).

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We have examined the nerve volume (NV), fascicle volume (FV), epineurial volume (EV), fascicles to nerve volume ratio (FNR), and nerve cross-sectional areas (CSA), comparing a population of subjects affected by DPN with a group of sex/age matched healthy volunteers.

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Neuromuscular plasticity studies (6,24) have suggested an increase in muscle fiber length of muscles subjected chronically to eccentric work, while a reduction (6) or maintenance (24) of fascicle length has been observed in muscles working concentrically.

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