Question

The spinal nerves arise from the spinal cord laterally. How many pairs of spinal nerves can you count?

How many pairs of cervical nerves are there in the human body

__ pairs of thoracic nerves
__ pairs of sacral nerves
__ pairs of lumbar nerves
__ pair of coccygeal nerves

Answer 1

There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves in total:

- 8 pairs of cervical nerves
- 12 pairs of thoracic nerves
- 5 pairs of lumbar nerves
- 5 pairs of sacral nerves
- 1 pair of coccygeal nerves