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end plate
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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
n.
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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