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What happens if the ventral root of the spinal nerve is cut?
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Loss of motor contro: Loss of motor function with sensory preserved.Ventral branch has efferent motor dorsal has afferent sensory.
Answered 8/30/2020
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Weakness or paralysi: The ventral root contains the motor fibers which control our muscles. Because muscles have multiple nerve roots innervating them the result may only be weakness in a particular group of muscles or could be paralysis if the particular nerve root is the dominant root.
Answered 11/2/2019
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