Question

How many pairs of cranial nerves are present in Rabbit?(a) 8 pairs(b) 10 pairs(c) 12 pairs(d) 14 pairs

Answer 1

The nervous system of rabbit can be divided into three parts.

1) The central nervous system consisting of brain and spinal cord.

2) The peripheral nervous system which include nerves appearing from cranial nerves and spinal nerves.

3)The autonomic nervous system which comprises of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system

Rabbit has twelve pairs of cranial nerves.The first ten pairs of cranial nerves are similar to that of fishes and amphibians and the other two are the hypoglossal and the spinal accessory.

Option C is correct

Answer 2

The correct answer to your question is option (C)

Twelve Pairs

There are totally twelve pairs of cranial nerves can be found in mammals like rabbit. In rabbit like mammals cranial nerves are constituted by the nerves that are coming out from the brain. Ten pairs of the cranial nerves are mostly similar to fishes and two pair are spinal accessory and the hypoglossal.