ventral roots

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of ventral root.
  ventral root

  noun

  one of the two roots that come from the spinal cord and merge to form each spinal nerve; the component of a spinal nerve that transmits motor impulses to the skeletal muscles. Compare dorsal root.

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ventral roots

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

As the spinal nerve nears the spinal cord, it splits into dorsal and ventral roots.

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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