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Question
Distinguish between the following pair of words:
Cranial nerve and spinal nerve
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Solution
| Cranial nerve | spinal nerve |
| (i) They arise from brain. | (i) They arise from spinal cord . |
| (ii) There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves . | (ii) There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves . |
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