The Anterior Root (radix anterior; ventral root) emerges from the anterior surface of the medulla spinalis as a number of rootlets or filaments (fila radicularia), which coalesce to form two bundles near the intervertebral foramen.
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Motor neurones leave the spinal cord via the ventral root (front)
The Pathway and Adaptive Value of a Simple Spinal Reflex Involving 3 Neurones
Stimulus causes receptor to generate nerve impulse along SENSORY NEURONE ...
sensory root of a spinal nerve that carries impulses to the spinal cord; ventral root carries impulses from the cord
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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all the sensory axons pass into the dorsal root ganglion where their cell bodies are located and then on into the spinal cord itself.
all the motor axons pass into the ventral roots before uniting with the sensory axons to form the ...
 See also: Ventral, Spinal cord, Spinal nerve, Dorsal, Roots
  
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