Question

All nerve fibres arising from the spinal cord are mixed nerve fibres.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Nerves arising from the spinal cord are known as spinal nerves. All the spinal are mixed nerves because they carry motor, sensory and autonomic signals. They are a total of 31 pairs one on each side of the vertebral column.

Spinal nerves consist of 8 pairs of cervical nerves, 12 pairs of thoracic nerves, 5 pairs of lumbar nerves, 5 pairs of sacral nerves and one pair of coccygeal nerves.

So, the given statement is true.