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Difference between cranial nerve and the spinal nerves.

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Difference between cranial nerve and the spinal nerves.


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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. 
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