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If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut would there be a complete loss of voluntary movement in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?
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∙ 15y ago
Cutting the ventral root of a spinal nerve will denervate all target organs that receive efferent innervation from that spinal nerve.
Spinal nerves are made by the joining of dorsal and ventral roots of a spinal cord segment. Dorsal roots generally carry sensory information, while ventral roots generally carry motor innervation. Another way to say this is that dorsal roots carry information from the periphery to the central nervous system (CNS) in an afferent direction, while ventral roots carry information from the CNS to the periphery in an efferentdirection. Afferent information is generally sensory in nature, while efferent information includes signals to trigger muscular contraction as well as gland secretion, hormone synthesis, etc.
Eloise Upton
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∙ 15y agoCutting the ventral root of a spinal nerve will denervate all target organs that receive efferent innervation from that spinal nerve.
Spinal nerves are made by the joining of dorsal and ventral roots of a spinal cord segment. Dorsal roots generally carry sensory information, while ventral roots generally carry motor innervation. Another way to say this is that dorsal roots carry information from the periphery to the central nervous system (CNS) in an afferent direction, while ventral roots carry information from the CNS to the periphery in an efferentdirection. Afferent information is generally sensory in nature, while efferent information includes signals to trigger muscular contraction as well as gland secretion, hormone synthesis, etc.
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∙ 15y agoYes, if the ventral root of the spinal nerve were cut, you would have complete loss of voluntary movement.
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∙ 10y agoa complete loss of sensation and movement
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