Ventral root

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


Overview

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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