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The number of pairs of cranial nerves in humans is:

Answer: Twelve pairs.

  • A Ten pairs
  • B Thirty-one pairs
  • C Twelve pairs
  • D Eight pairs

Correct answer: C. Twelve pairs

Explanation: Humans have 12 pairs of cranial nerves arising from the brain (and 31 pairs of spinal nerves).

Labeled diagram of a neuron showing dendrites, cell body (soma) with nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, Nodes of Ranvier, and axon terminals

Structure of a neuron. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Brain, spinal cord, neurons, reflex arcs, and sense organs.

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