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ANTERIOR COLUMN

The pronounced, ventrally oriented ridge of gray matter in every half of the spinal cord; it corresponds to the anterior or ventral horn appearing in transverse sections of the cord, and contains the engine neurons innervating the skeletal musculature of the stem, neck, and extremities. See: gray columns. Synonym: columna anterior.
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