Biology GCSE
Nervous impulse
What Nervous impulse means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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What is generated when a temperature receptor is stimulated, travelling along a sensory neurone to the central nervous system.
Topics that use Nervous impulse
- Control of body temperature (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
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