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Noun: ventral root
  1. One of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
    - ventral horn, anterior root, anterior horn

Derived forms: ventral roots

Type of: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve

Part of: nervus spinalis, spinal nerve

Encyclopedia: Ventral root

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ventilator
ventilatory
venting
Ventner
Ventolin
Ventose
ventral
ventral fin
ventral horn
ventral placentation
ventral root
ventrally
ventricle
ventricose
ventricous
ventricular
ventricular aneurysm
ventricular fibrillation
ventricular fold
ventricular septal defect
ventriculus