Ventral root of spinal nerve

Ventral root of spinal nerve

The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots
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Latin radix anterior nervi spinalis
MeSH A08.800.800.720.725
Dorlands
/Elsevier
r_02/12687790
TA A14.2.00.029
FMA 5979

Anatomical terminology

In anatomy and neurology, the ventral root or anterior root is the efferent motor root of a spinal nerve.

At its distal end, the ventral root joins with the dorsal root to form a mixed spinal nerve.

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