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{{Infobox Nerve |
  Name         = Ventral ramus |
  Latin        = ramus anterior nervi spinalis  |
  GraySubject  = 210 |
  GrayPage     = 925 |
  Image        = spinal nerve.svg |
  Caption      = The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots. (Ventral ramus labeled at lower left.) |
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  DorlandsPre  = r_02 |
  DorlandsSuf  = 12688799  |
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The '''ventral ramus''' ('''anterior ramus''', '''anterior branch''', '''anterior divisions of the spinal nerves''') supply the antero-lateral parts of the trunk, and the limbs; they are for the most part larger than the [[posterior divisions]]. 

In the [[thoracic]] region they run independently of one another, but in the [[cervical]], [[lumbar]], and [[sacral]] regions they unite near their origins to form [[plexuses]].

The Ventral rami, including the sinuvertebral nerve branches, supply structures anterior to the facet joint, including the vertebral bodies, the discs and their ligaments and joints other spinal nerves to form the lumbo-sacral plexus.

==External links==
* {{NormanAnatomy|terminologyanatplanes}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|typicalspinalnerve}})
* {{UMichAtlas|abdo_wall72}} - "[[Lumbosacral plexus]]"

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{{Spinal cord}}

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