Everything else but the CNS it is known as the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system or PNS contains the nerves, which leave the brain and the spinal cord and travel to certain areas of the body. The peripheral nervous system's main job is to send information gathered by the body's sensory receptors to the CNS as quickly as possible.
Considering that a Gross Ton is 2,240 LBs to calculate how much our pricing is per pound, divide our current steel prices by 2240. For example, if our current Steel Shred price is $224 / Gross Ton, you would divide that by 2,240 to get .1 â or $0.10/LB.
Typically, this is the unit that you use to measure your own weight. Pounds are used to measure lots of things from people to food to animals. But if something is very heavy we use yet another label: The Ton. 2,000 pounds is also one ton. 1 ton = 2,000 pounds. That is really heavy! Trucks, ships and heavy equipment are measured using tons instead of pounds. An elephant has a mass of about 7 tons. And this car is about 2 tons.