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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 fibers
Familiarity information: ANTERIOR HORN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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