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dorsal root
dorsal rootn. Either of the two roots of a spinal nerve, consisting of sensory fibers and arising from the posterior section of the spinal cord.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dorsal root - one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibersdorsal hornafferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous systemnervus spinalis, spinal nerve - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) |
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root [roōt] 1. the descending and subterranean part of a plant.2. that portion of an organ, such as a tooth, hair, or nail, that is buried in the tissues, or by which it arises from another structure, or the part of a nerve that is adjacent to the center to which it is connected. Tooth anomalies with variations in root form. From Darby and Walsh, 1994.anterior root the anterior, or motor, division of each spinal nerve, attached centrally to the spinal cord and joining peripherally with the posterior root to form the nerve before it emerges from the intervertebral foramen; it conveys motor fibers to skeletal muscle and contains preganglionic autonomic fibers at the thoracolumbar and sacral levels. Called also ventral root.dorsal root posterior root.motor root anterior root.nerve r's the series of paired bundles of nerve fibers which emerge at each side of the spinal cord, termed dorsal (or posterior) or ventral (or anterior) according to their position. There are 31 pairs (8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal), each corresponding dorsal and ventral root joining to form a spinal nerve. Certain cranial nerves, e.g., the trigeminal, also have nerve roots.posterior root the posterior, or sensory, division of each spinal nerve, attached centrally to the spinal cord and joining peripherally with the anterior root to form the nerve before it emerges from the intervertebral foramen; each posterior root bears a spinal ganglion that conveys sensory fibers to the spinal cord. Called also dorsal root.sensory root posterior root.ventral root anterior root.dorsal rootn. Either of the two roots of a spinal nerve, consisting of sensory fibers and arising from the posterior section of the spinal cord.dorsal root Posterior root, see there. dor·sal root (dōr'săl rūt) 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. dorsal root a nerve trunk containing only sensory axons, that enters the SPINAL CORD near the dorsal surface.LegalSeeRootdorsal root
Related to dorsal root: ventral rootSynonyms for dorsal rootnoun one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibersSynonymsRelated Words- afferent
- afferent nerve
- sensory nerve
- nervus spinalis
- spinal nerve
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