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The number of pairs of spinal nerves in humans is:

Answer: Thirty-one pairs.

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

Correct answer: B. Thirty-one pairs

Explanation: There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the spinal cord.

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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