END-PLATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

Synonyms:

end-plate; endplate; motor end plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("end-plate" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)

Holonyms ("end-plate" is a part of...):

effector (a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion)

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