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Medical Definition of Electroplax
1. A stack of specialised muscle fibres found in electric eels, arranged in series. The fibres have lost the ability to contract, instead they generate extremely high voltages (ca 500 V) in response to nervous stimulation. They contain asymmetrically distributed sodium potassium ATPases, acetylcholine receptors and sodium gates at extraordinarily high concentrations. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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