Dorsal root of spinal nerve

Dorsal root of spinal nerve
The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots
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Latin	radix posterior nervi spinalis
TA98	A14.2.00.030
TA2	6146
FMA	5980
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The dorsal root of spinal nerve (or posterior root of spinal nerve or sensory root)^[1] is one of two "roots" which emerge from the spinal cord. It emerges directly from the spinal cord, and travels to the dorsal root ganglion. Nerve fibres with the ventral root then combine to form a spinal nerve. The dorsal root transmits sensory information, forming the afferent sensory root of a spinal nerve.