If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?

A) a complete loss of sensation and movement
B) loss of neither sensation nor movement but only of autonomic control
C) complete loss of sensation
D) a complete loss of voluntary movement


D

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