VENTRAL ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ventral root mean? 

• VENTRAL ROOT (noun)
  The noun VENTRAL ROOT 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: VENTRAL ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENTRAL ROOT (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 ("ventral root" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("ventral root" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

One of the two bundles of nerve fibers (dorsal and ventral roots) emerging from the spinal cord that join to form each spinal nerve.

(Nerve Root, NCI Thesaurus)

A radicular artery extending along the dorsal or ventral root of the cervical ganglia that penetrates the vertebral bone to supply the spinal canal.

(Medullary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)