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Nervous System > Synapses > Neuroeffector Junction > Neuromuscular Junction > Motor Endplate
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Cell Membrane > Cell Membrane Structures > Intercellular Junctions > Synapses > Neuroeffector Junction > Neuromuscular Junction > Motor Endplate
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Nerve Endings > Neuroeffector Junction > Neuromuscular Junction > Motor Endplate

Preferred term

Motor Endplate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • End-Plate, Motor
  • End-Plates, Motor
  • Motor End Plate
  • Motor End-Plate
  • Motor End-Plates

Note

  • do not confuse with NERVE ENDINGS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009045

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