Biology GCSE
neural pathways
What neural pathways means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of neural pathways
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Extensive branching networks that link all regions of the body to the Central Nervous System and distribute coordinated impulses to muscles and glands.
Topics that use neural pathways
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