Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

ventral root of spinal cord

Synonyms

ventral spinal root

anterior spinal root

ventral root

motor spinal root

anterior nerve root

radix anterior (nervus spinalis)

root ventralis nervi spinalis

ventral spinal nerve root

ventral roots

radix motoria (nervus spinalis)

root motoria nervi spinalis

ventral root of spinal nerve

anterior root

spinal nerve ventral root

radix anterior nervi spinalis

motor root of spinal nerve

anterior root of spinal nerve

Definitions

The ventral roots contain efferent motor axons. Similar to the dorsal roots, the ventral roots continue out from the spinal column, and meet and mix with their corresponding dorsal nerve root at a point after the ganglion.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002260

ccf_is_provisional

false

ccf_part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009623

ccf_pref_label

ventral root of spinal cord

definition

The ventral roots contain efferent motor axons. Similar to the dorsal roots, the ventral roots continue out from the spinal column, and meet and mix with their corresponding dorsal nerve root at a point after the ganglion.

depiction

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Spinal_nerve.svg

external_definition

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[Wikipedia:Anterior_root_of_spinal_nerve].

external_ontology_notes

FMA:77516 xref is a 'general anatomical term'. We xref both to ensure equivalence.

has broad synonym

ventral root

has exact synonym

ventral spinal root

anterior spinal root

has related synonym

motor spinal root

anterior nerve root

radix anterior (nervus spinalis)

root ventralis nervi spinalis

ventral spinal nerve root

ventral roots

radix motoria (nervus spinalis)

root motoria nervi spinalis

ventral root of spinal nerve

anterior root

spinal nerve ventral root

radix anterior nervi spinalis

motor root of spinal nerve

anterior root of spinal nerve

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0002260

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

isDefinedBy

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl

label

ventral root of spinal cord

notation

UBERON:0002260

prefLabel

ventral root of spinal cord

xRef

BTO:0000865

NCIT:C33860

UMLS:C0205956

TAO:0000705

ZFA:0000705

neuronames:2620

BAMS:vrt

BAMS:vr

Wikipedia:Anterior_root_of_spinal_nerve

FMA:5979

FMA:77516

NLXANAT:20090209

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009623

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