In anatomy and neurology, the ventral root of spinal nerve, anterior root, or motor root is the efferent motor root of a spinal nerve.
At its distal end, the ventral root joins with the dorsal root to form a mixed spinal nerve.
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- "Autonomic Connections of the Spinal Cord" - "Spinal Root Nerve Fibers" Diagram at tcc.fl.edu (look for #2)