The human body has ____________________ pairs of spinal nerves
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
ANS:
thirty one
31
There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, named according to their respective vertebrae: 8 cervical pairs, 12 thoracic pairs, 5 lumbar pairs, 5 sacral pairs, and 1 very small coccygeal pair.
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