Term Name: | ventral root of spinal cord |
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Synonyms: | anterior nerve root, anterior root, anterior spinal root, motor spinal root, radix anterior nervi spinalis, root motoria nervi spinalis, root ventralis nervi spinalis, spinal nerve ventral root, ventral root, ventral roots, ventral spinal root |
Definition: | The ventral roots contain efferent motor axons. Similar to the dorsal roots, the ventral roots continue out from the spinal column, and meet and mix with their corresponding dorsal nerve root at a point after the ganglion. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002260] |