Combined Science GCSE
Coordination by the central nervous system
What Coordination by the central nervous system means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Electrical impulses travel along neurones to the central nervous system, which processes the information and coordinates the response.
Topics that use Coordination by the central nervous system
- The human nervous system (AQA GCSE)
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