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Dorsal roots | ||
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The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots | ||
Latin | radix posterior | |
Gray's | subject #208 916 | |
System | ||
MeSH | A08.800.800.720.725 | |
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In anatomy and neurology, the dorsal root (or posterior root) is the afferent sensory root of a spinal nerve.
At the distal end of the dorsal root is the dorsal root ganglion, which contains the neuron cell bodies of the nerve fibres conveyed by the root.
If the dorsal root of a spinal nerve were severed it would lead to numbness in certain areas of the body.
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- SUNY Figs 02:04-06 - "Superior view of a section through the spinal cord within the vertebral foramen."
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 06.114 - "Spinal Root Nerve Fibers"
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