Question

Differentiate between Spinal nerves and Cranial nerves (number of nerves).

Distinguish between the following pair:

Cranial nerves and spinal nerves (number in pairs)

Answer 1

Cranial nerves	Spinal nerves
Cranial nerves emerge from the brain. There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves, some of which are sensory, like the olfactory (for nose), the optic (for eyes) and auditory (for ears), motor nerves like the ones going to the eye muscles, and mixed nerves like those going to and coming from the face and tongue.	Spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs 8 pairs in the neck region, 12 pairs in the thorax, 5 pairs in the lumbar region, 5 pairs in the sacral and 1 pair in the coccygeal region.