the motor root of a spinal nerve, which carries motor information from the spinal cord to the rest of the body and leaves from the anterior side of the cord.

Where is the ventral root found?

Ventral and Dorsal Roots

Each ventral root (also named the anterior root, radix anterior, radix ventralis, or radix motoria) is attached to the spinal cord by a series of rootlets that emerge from the ventrolateral sulcus of the spinal cord in the anterior root exit zone.

What is the ventral root?

: the one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and consists of motor fibers — compare dorsal root.