Anterior funiculus

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| Name = Anterior funiculus

| Latin = funiculus anterior medullae spinalis

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In the spinal cord, the most lateral of the bundles of the ventral nerve roots is generally taken as a dividing line that separates the antero-lateral region into two parts: an anterior funiculus (or anterior column{{Cite web|title=Spinal Cord|url=http://humanphysiology.academy/Neurosciences%202015/Chapter%202/A.2.1%20Spinal%20Cord.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=humanphysiology.academy}}), between the anterior median fissure and the most lateral of the ventral nerve roots; and a lateral funiculus, between the exit of these roots and the posterolateral sulcus.{{cite journal|first1=Sung Ho|last1=Jang |first2= Hyeok Gyu |last2=Kwon|title=Deterioration of pre-existing hemiparesis due to injury of the ipsilateral anterior corticospinal tract|journal=BMC Neurology|volume=13|issue=53|date=2013|page=53 |doi=10.1186/1471-2377-13-53|pmc=3672083|pmid=23718858 |doi-access=free }}