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  2. Dorsal root of spinal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The root emerges from the posterior part of the spinal cord and travels to the dorsal root ganglion. The dorsal root ganglia contain the pseudo-unipolar cell bodies of the nerve fibres which travel from the ganglia through the root into the spinal cord. The lateral division of the dorsal root contains lightly myelinated and unmyelinated fibres ...

  3. Dorsal root ganglion - Wikipedia

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    A dorsal root ganglion (or spinal ganglion; also known as a posterior root ganglion [1]) is a cluster of neurons (a ganglion) in a dorsal root of a spinal nerve. The cell bodies of sensory neurons known as first-order neurons are located in the dorsal root ganglia. [2] The axons of dorsal root ganglion neurons are known as afferents.

  4. Dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway - Wikipedia

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    The first-order neuron is a pseudounipolar neuron (shown left), with a single axon originating from the cell body then splitting into two branches. The body is situated in the dorsal root ganglion, with one axon traveling peripherally to tissue, and one traveling into the dorsal column.

  5. Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal ramus of spinal nerve, posterior ramus of spinal nerve, or posterior primary division is the posterior division of a spinal nerve. The dorsal rami provide motor innervation to the deep (a.k.a. intrinsic or true) muscles of the back, and sensory innervation to the skin of the posterior portion of the head, neck and back. [1] A spinal ...

  6. Spinal cord - Wikipedia

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    It is made of 31 segments from which branch one pair of sensory nerve roots and one pair of motor nerve roots. The nerve roots then merge into bilaterally symmetrical pairs of spinal nerves. The peripheral nervous system is made up of these spinal roots, nerves, and ganglia. The dorsal roots are afferent fascicles, receiving sensory information ...

  7. Sensory neuronopathy - Wikipedia

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    Sensory neuronopathy is thought to be primarily a T-cell mediated inflammatory process that leads to destruction of nerve cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglion. [1] The dorsal root ganglion is not separated by a blood brain barrier as it contains fenestrated capillaries which are highly permeable. This allows antibodies, T-cells, toxins and ...

  8. Afferent nerve fiber - Wikipedia

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    Just outside the spinal cord, thousands of afferent neuronal cell bodies are aggregated in a swelling in the dorsal root known as the dorsal root ganglion. [1] [2] All of the axons in the dorsal root, which contains afferent nerve fibers, are used in the transduction of somatosensory information.

  9. Spinal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal root is the afferent sensory root and carries sensory information to the brain. The ventral root is the efferent motor root and carries motor information from the brain. The spinal nerve emerges from the spinal column through an opening (intervertebral foramen) between adjacent vertebrae. This is true for all spinal nerves except for ...