Question

What kind of information is carried by the ventral roots of the spinal cord?

a. both motor and sensory information
b. motor information to muscles
c. sensory information from muscles and skin
d. pain information?

Answer 1

The correct option is B.
The ventral root of each spinal nerve is made up of motor neurons which carries motor information to the muscles in the body. The ventral root is also called the motor root because of the function which it performs. The ventral root of each spinal nerve have axons whose cell bodies are embedded in the spinal cord.