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Question
Name the type of nerve which has the fibres of both sensory and motor neurons.
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Solution
Mixed nerves
Explanation:
A mixed nerve includes both sensory (afferent) and motor (efferent) nerve fibres. All 31 spinal nerve pairs are mixed nerves, as are four of the twelve cranial nerves.
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