THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

NERVES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of information travels in the dorsal root of a spinal nerve
A
motor
B
sensory
C
mixed
D
reflexes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The dorsal root transmits sensory information, forming the afferent sensory root of a spinal nerve.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dorsal root is sensory and the ventral root motor; the first cervical nerve may lack the dorsal root. Oval swellings, the spinal ganglia, characterize the dorsal roots. They are formed of nerve cells that give rise to the sensory nerve fibres.

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