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    VENTRAL ROOT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    anterior horn; anterior root; ventral horn; ventral root

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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)

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