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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
Neuromuscular Junction Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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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