Question

(a) Name the three types of nerves which constitute the peripheral nervous system.

Answer 1

1. Spinal nerves.
2. Cranial nerves.
3. Visceral nerves.

• The three types of nerves which make up the peripheral nervous system are spinal nerves, cranial nerves and visceral nerves.
• Spinal nerves arise from the spinal cord along most of the length of the spinal cord and spread throughout the body (except the head).
• Cranial nerves arise from the brain and spread throughout the head.
• Visceral nerves are the nerves arising from the spinal cord and brain that are connected to the internal organs of the body.