capable of part of capable of part of contributes to morphology of extends_fibers_into proprioception dorsal root ganglion spinal nerve dorsal root of spinal cord radix posterior (nervus spinalis) dorsal roots sensory spinal root SCTID:362436008 neuronames:1661 ZFA:0000652 TAO:0000652 BAMS:drt radix dorsalis The dorsal roots contain afferent sensory axons. The dorsal roots of each side continue outwards, along the way forming a dorsal root ganglion (also called a spinal ganglion). Wikipedia:Posterior_root_of_spinal_nerve root dorsali nervi spinalis FMA:5980 posterior root of spinal nerve BTO:0000360 sensory root of spinal nerve radix sensoria (nervus spinalis) NLXANAT:20090208 dorsal root radix posterior nervi spinalis dorsal spinal root dorsal root of spinal nerve dorsal spinal nerve root NCIT:C32477 UBERON:0002261 root sensoria nervi spinalis spinal nerve root