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Neuromuscular Junction
Medical Definition: | The synapse between a neuron and a muscle. |
Guide Notes: | /drug eff: consider also NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS or NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; neuromusc transm = NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION /physiol + NEURAL TRANSMISSION; dis = NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES |
Also Called: | Nerve-Muscle Preparation |
Motor Endplate - The specialized postsynaptic region of a muscle cell. The motor endplate is immediately across the synaptic cleft from the presynaptic axon terminal. Among its anatomical specializations are junctional folds which harbor a high density of cholinergic receptors. |
Neuromuscular Junction Medical Definitions and Terms
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