Question

What is funiculus?
Topic: Reproduction in plants

Answer 1

Answer:

A funiculus is the anchoring stalk-like structure that provides the attachment between the ovule or seed to the ovary wall or placenta in case of angiosperms.

It serves mainly two purposes in plants:

1. Anchor or supporting structure to ovule and seed.

2. Vascular supply to the seed of the plant in the early stage.

Answer 2

Answer:

Anchoring stalk-like structure.

Explanation:

Funiculus is the stalk that attaches the ovule to the placenta and the point of attachment is called hilum. It is located in the spinal cord and is portion of white matter. It refers to the bundle of nerve fibres and it specifically refers the three sub divisions in white matter of spinal cord: anterior ,posterior and lateral funiculi.