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VENTRAL HORN
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I. (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
Synonyms:
anterior horn; anterior root; ventral horn; ventral root
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ventral horn" is a kind of...):
efferent; efferent nerve; motor nerve (a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands)
Holonyms ("ventral horn" is a part of...):
spinal nerve root (one of two roots of the spinal nerves)