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Noun: ventral horn
  1. One of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
    "Damage to the ventral horn can result in motor function impairment";
    - ventral root, anterior root, anterior horn

Type of: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve

Part of: spinal nerve root

Encyclopedia: Ventral horn