What is "fasciculus"

Fasciculus \Fas*cic"u*lus\, n.; pl. Fasciculi. [L. See Fascicle.]

1. A little bundle; a fascicle.

2. A division of a book.

n. 1 (context anatomy English) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers. 2 One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.

1. n. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) [syn: fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle]

2. [also: fasciculi (pl)]

Fasciculus vesanus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Canadian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It is dated to and belongs to middle Cambrian strata.

The species is remarkable for its two sets of long and short comb rows, not seen in similar form elsewhere in the fossil record or among modern species.