Peripheral Nervous System
Current as of: March 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves leading from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. It is made up of 31 pairs of nerves coming out of the spinal column openings (spinal nerves) and 12 pairs of nerves coming out of the opening in the skull (cranial nerves). A peripheral nerve may be made up…