anterior horn

Noun
  1. One of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers (synset 105432307)
    hypernym: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
    part meronym: spinal nerve root - one of two roots of the spinal nerves
    synonym: anterior root, ventral horn, ventral root

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