Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

Key term for OCR GCSE Biology A, used in The nervous system.

Definition

The network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord that connects the CNS to the rest of the body.

Exam Context

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) appears in OCR GCSE Biology A revision content for Organism level systems, especially The nervous system and Nervous system structure.

Organism level systems The nervous system Nervous system structure

Found in Revision Notes

Organism level systems

Nervous system structure

The nervous system • Nervous system structure

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Related Key Terms

ATP Axon brain Central Nervous System (CNS)

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