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Doctors, what is the difference between a dorsal and ventral ramus?

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

Back vs belly: Dorsal refers to back while ventral refers to belly. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location for more anatomic descriptions.

Answered 12/26/2015

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