ventral roots
- plural of ventral root.
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As the spinal nerve nears the spinal cord, it splits into dorsal and ventral roots.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The dorsal root contains only the axons of sensory neurons, whereas the ventral roots contain only the axons of the motor neurons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ventral roots send information to the muscle; the dorsal roots send information back to the spinal cord.
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