HyperDic: dorsal_root

English > 1 sense of the expression dorsal root:
NOUNbodydorsal root, dorsal horn, posterior root, posterior hornone of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
English > dorsal root: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningOne of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers.
Synonymsdorsal horn, posterior root, posterior horn
Part ofspinal nerve rootOne of two roots of the spinal nerves
Broadersensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferentA nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

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