Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. A lumbar puncture can be safely done at T4 because the spinal cord is very deep there.
2. The peripheral nervous system consists of the 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves and all of their branches.
3. Most of the cranial nerves come from the brainstem.
4. The skin surface area that is supplied by a single cranial nerve is called a dermatome.
5. The autonomic nervous system conducts impulses to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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