The difference between cranial nerves and spinal nerves are :
Cranial Nerves | Spinal Nerves |
It emerges from the brain. | It emerges from the spinal cord. |
Human beings have 12 pairs of cranial nerve. | Human beings have 31 pair of spinal nerve. |
Some of the cranial nerves are purely sensory while others might be mixed nerves. | All of the spinal nerves are mixed nerve. that innervate internal organs, body walls, and limbs. |