NOUN
- one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
How To Use posterior root In A Sentence
- These cell bodies are referred to as ganglia of the posterior root. The Human Brain
- _Entry_ behind left ear, just above posterior root of zygoma; gutter fracture; bullet retained within skull. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
- The Posterior Root (radix posterior; dorsal root) is larger than the anterior owing to the greater size and number of its rootlets; these are attached along the posterolateral furrow of the medulla spinalis and unite to form two bundles which join the spinal ganglion. IX. Neurology. 6. The Spinal Nerves
- The line of the lower margin behind is that of the transverse sinus (see page 1294), or more roughly a line convex upward from the inion to the posterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; thence along the posterior two-thirds of the upper border of the zygomatic arch where the line turns up to the pterion; the front part of the lower margin extends from the pterion to the glabella about 1 cm. above the supraorbital margin. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck
