dorsal root
dorsal root · dorsal roots
The one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and…The one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and consists of sensory fibers
Meaning
1 sensesThe one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and consists of sensory fibers
one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
Forms
plural: dorsal roots| Singular | dorsal root |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers:dorsal hornposterior rootposterior horn