Medical Definition of End plate
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The area of sarcolemma immediately below the synaptic region of the motor neuron in a neuromuscular junction. most often refers to the end of a nerve fibre against a skeletal muscle fibre, to which it transmits nerve signals.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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