What is "lemniscus"

Lemniscus \Lem*nis"cus\ (l[e^]m*n[i^]s"k[u^]s), n.; pl. Lemnisci (-s[imac]) n.[L. See Lemniscata.] (Zo["o]l.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

1811, from Late Latin lemniscus "a pendent ribbon," from Greek lemniskos "woolen ribbon," perhaps originally or literally "of Lemnos," island in the Aegean. Related: Lemniscate (1781).

n. (context zoology English) One of two oval body hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

1. n. a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: fillet]

2. [also: lemnisci (pl)]

A lemniscus ( Greek for ribbon or band) is used as an anatomic term to describe a bundle of secondary sensory fibres in the brainstem. It can refer to the medial lemniscus or lateral lemniscus which terminate in specific relay nuclei of the diencephalon. The trigeminal lemniscus is also referred to and this is sometimes considered as the cephalic part of the medial lemniscus.

Lemniscus can refer to:

• Lemniscus (anatomy)
• In mathematics, a lemniscate