Definitions for "Ventral root"
Keywords:  efferent, axons, spinal, bundle, motor
The motor branch of a spinal nerve that connects with the spinal cord.
The fiber bundle containing outgoing (efferent) motor axons exiting the spinal cord at each vertebral segment.
Contains motor axons and supplies effector organs. Their cell bodies are in the intermediate and ventral gray matter of the spinal cord.