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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 118 of 200

Q118
General ScienceBiology
The number of spinal nerves in the human body is
  1. a.12 pairs
  2. b.31 pairs
  3. c.31
  4. d.12

Answer: (B) 31 pairs

The human nervous system has 31 pairs of spinal nerves, arising from the spinal cord segments: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral and 1 coccygeal pair.