fasciculus (redirected from fasciculus gracilis of spinal cord)

fas·cic·u·lus  (f-sky-ls)

n. pl. fas·cic·u·li (-l)

A bundle of anatomical fibers, as of muscle or nerve. Also called fascicle.

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[Latin, fascicle; see fascicle.]

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fasciculus - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle 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