Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-11877-456-4

Chapter 13 - The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves - Figure 13.5 - Page 450: 1

Answer

All spinal nerves are classified as mixed nerves because their posterior roots carry sensory axons and their anterior roots carry motor axons.

Work Step by Step

Other examples of mixed nerves are the trigeminal and vagus nerves. The optic and olfactory nerves are sensory nerves, but the oculomotor, the trochlear are mixed nerves
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