Which of the following pairs of cranial nerves is/are of mixed category?

Question

Which of the following pairs of cranial nerves is/are of mixed category? (A) glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal (B) trigeminal and abducens (C) trigeminal and facial (D) glossopharyngeal and vagus

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Trigeminal [V], Facial [VII], Glossopharyngeal [IX] and Vagus [X] are mixed cranial nerves.

Q. Which of the following pairs of cranial nerves is/are of mixed category?

glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal

trigeminal and abducens

trigeminal and facial

glossopharyngeal and vagus

Trigeminal [V], Facial [VII], Glossopharyngeal [IX] and Vagus [X] are mixed cranial nerves.