Ventral Rami

The ventral ramus (Latin for branch, plural rami) is the anterior division of a spinal nerve. The ventral rami supply the antero-lateral parts of the trunk and the limbs. They are mainly larger than the dorsal rami. Shortly after a spinal nerve exits the intervertebral foramen, it branches into the dorsal ramus, the ventral ramus, and the ramus communicans. Each of these three structures carries both sensory and motor information. Each spinal nerve carries both sensory and motor information, via efferent and afferent nerve fibers. Ultimately via the motor cortex in the frontal lobe and to somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe, but also through the phenomenon of reflex.

This nerve arises from the Spinial Cord.