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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.

end plate

a flat termination.

motor end plate the discoid expansion of a terminal branch of the axon of a motor nerve fiber, which apposes the sole plate of a skeletal muscle fiber, forming the neuromuscular junction.

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