If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?
A) a complete loss of sensation and movement
B) a complete loss of voluntary movement
C) complete loss of sensation
D) loss of neither sensation nor movement but only of autonomic control

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The ventral root of a spinal nerve contains motor fibers, so cutting it would result in a loss of voluntary movement in the area it supplies, but sensation would remain intact as sensory fibers are in the dorsal root.

If the Ventral Root of a Spinal Nerve Were Cut