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end plate (end plāt) a flat termination.

motor end plate the discoid expansion of a terminal branch of the axon of a motor nerve fiber where it joins a skeletal muscle fiber, forming the neuromuscular junction.

end plate or endplate

The area of synaptic contact between a motor nerve and a muscle fiber.

end plate

Etymology: AS, ende + ME, plat

the motor end plate in the nervous system, located at the terminal membrane of an axon and the postjunctional membrane of the adjoining muscle tissue. Also called myoneural junction.

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