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ANTERIOR HORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anterior horn mean? 

ANTERIOR HORN (noun)
  The noun ANTERIOR HORN has 1 sense:

1. one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibersplay

  Familiarity information: ANTERIOR HORN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTERIOR HORN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anterior horn; anterior root; ventral horn; ventral root

Hypernyms ("anterior horn" is a kind of...):

efferent; efferent nerve; motor nerve (a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands)

Holonyms ("anterior horn" is a part of...):

spinal nerve root (one of two roots of the spinal nerves)


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