ventral root

noun

: the one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and consists of motor fibers compare dorsal root

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

ventral root

noun

: the one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes anteriorly from the spinal cord separating the anterior and lateral funiculi and that consists of motor fibers

called also anterior root

compare dorsal root