posterior root of spinal nerve


pos·te·ri·or root of spinal nerve

[TA] the sensory root of a spinal nerve, having a dorsal root ganglion containing the nerve cell bodies of the fibers conveyed by the root in its distal end. Synonym(s): radix posterior nervi spinalis [TA], dorsal root of spinal nerve ☆ , radix sensoria nervi spinalis ☆ , sensory root of spinal nerve ☆ , radix dorsalis nervi spinalis