Spinal Nerves

Question

Spinal nerves
A) exit the spinal cord at the medulla oblongata.
B) are purely sensory.
C) all exit the spinal cord as extensions of the cauda equina.
D) are mixed.

Accepted Answer

Spinal nerves are mixed nerves containing both sensory and motor fibers, which exit the spinal cord as nerve roots at each vertebral level. They do not exit at the medulla oblongata or as extensions of the cauda equina.