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If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?

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Atrophy or wasting.: When a muscle is denervated, it atrophies or 'shrivels up'. This is why patients who had polio have small paralyzed limbs in the effected distribution.

Answered 11/7/2020

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A member asked:

If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?

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Dr. Steven Chmielewski answered

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