Nervous System
Topic 2: Nervous System
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Your Body's Lightning-Fast Communication Network
Key Facts
Neurone Structure: Your Body's Wiring
Synapses: How Neurones Communicate
Explore: Inside a Synapse
Brain Structure
Eye Structure
Required Practical: Reaction Time (RPA7)
How It Works: Electrical Impulses Through the Nervous System
Accommodation: How the Eye Focuses
Voluntary vs Reflex Actions
Key Definitions
Common Misconceptions
Memory Aids
Higher Brain Scanning and Vision Defects
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Knowledge Organiser
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What are the two organs that make up the central nervous system (CNS)?
Explain how a signal is transmitted across a synapse from one neurone to the next.
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