mixed nerve
{{Short description|Nerve with sensory and motor fibers}}
A mixed nerve is any nerve that contains both sensory (afferent) and motor (efferent) nerve fibers.{{Cite web |title=Definition of MIXED NERVE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed+nerve |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=mixed nerve |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/mixed+nerve |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com}} All 31 pairs of spinal nerves are mixed nerves.{{cite web |title=The Peripheral Nervous System {{!}} SEER Training |url=https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/organization/pns.html |website=training.seer.cancer.gov |access-date=13 January 2023}} Four of the twelve cranial nerves – V, VII, IX and X are mixed nerves.
Examples
=Spinal nerves=
The 31 pairs of spinal nerves are mixed.{{Citation |last=Kaiser |first=Joshua T. |title=Neuroanatomy, Spinal Nerves |date=2022 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542218/ |work=StatPearls |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=31194375 |access-date=2023-01-13 |last2=Lugo-Pico |first2=Julian G.}}
= Cranial nerves =
Four of the cranial nerves are mixed nerves.{{Citation |last=Sonne |first=James |title=Neuroanatomy, Cranial Nerve |date=2022 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470353/ |work=StatPearls |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=29261885 |access-date=2023-01-13 |last2=Lopez-Ojeda |first2=Wilfredo}}