Spinal Nerve Rami

Question 1

What forms the spinal nerve?

Answer 1

VENTRAL and DORSAL ROOTS

after intervertebral foramen

Question 2

The ___________ rami supply the posterior body trunk and back of the head, while the ____________ rami supply the lateral and anterior trunk and upper/lower extremities.

Answer 2

DORSAL
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VENTRAL

Question 3

Dorsal and ventral rami are ____________ nerves because they are branches of the spinal nerve NOT the root.

Answer 3

MIXED

Question 4

The ___________ nerve is that short region distal to the dorsal root ganglion where sensory and motor axons interweave.

Answer 4

SPINAL NERVE