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Ventral vs Dorsal: Which Spinal Cord Horn Controls Skeletal Muscles?

Identify the spinal cord horn containing somatic motor neurons, and distinguish ventral motor output from dorsal sensory processing.

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What region of the spinal cord contains motor neurons that direct the movement of skeletal muscles?A. anterior hornB. posterior hornC. lateral hornD. alar plate

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This answer addresses OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 13 Review Question 21, with all four choices retained. It identifies somatic motor neuron cell bodies in the adult spinal cord. It does not classify every ventral structure as motor or every dorsal structure as sensory, and it is not a diagnosis of a spinal injury.