Question

The spinal nerves are

• A. Only sensory
• B. Only motor
• C. Some sensory and some motor
• D. Mixed nerves

Answer 1

The correct option is D Mixed nerves

Spinal nerves are the nerves found in the spinal cord. The spinal cord contains a mixture of the nerve of both sensory and motor nerves. Of which sensory nerves are afferent neurons that carry signals from the receptors of the body to central nervous system and motor neurons are efferent neurons that carry signal from the central nervous system to effector organ. There are total 31 pairs of mixed nerve on each side of the vertebral column. So, the correct answer is option D.