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Dorsal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (425 words)
	In anatomy, the dorsal is the side in which the backbone is located.
	Examples of this include the dorsal fin, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal root, dorsal nerve, dorsum sellae, dorsal arch, dorsalis pedis arteries, dorsal ramus, dorsal respiratory group, dorsal venous arch, and dorsiflexion among others.
	In neurology, dorsal is an outdated term for the medial longitudinal fasciculus in the neural arch.

Dorsal root ganglion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (127 words)
	This is a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) from a chicken embryo (around stage of day 7) after incubation overnight in NGF growth medium stained with anti-neurofilament antibody.
	In anatomy and neurology, the dorsal root ganglion is a nodule on a dorsal root that contains cell bodies of neurons in afferent spinal nerves.
	All of the axons in the dorsal root convey somatosensory information, bringing sensory information into the brain and spinal cord.

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