ventral horn

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ventral horn - one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers

anterior horn, anterior root, ventral root

efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

nervus spinalis, spinal nerve - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)

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