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Definition of Nerve ending

1. Noun. The terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse.

Definition of Nerve ending

1. Noun. The termination of a nerve, at the distal end of an axon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Nerve ending

1. A connection between excitable cells, by which an excitation is conveyed from one to the other. 1. Chemical synapse: one in which an action potential causes the exocytosis of neurotransmitter from the presynaptic cell, which diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to ligand gated ion channels on the post synaptic cell. These ion channels then affect the resting potential of the post synaptic cell. 2. Electrical synapse: one in which electrical connection is made directly through the cytoplasm, via gap junctions. 3. Rectifying synapse: one in which action potentials can only pass across the synapse in one direction (all chemical and some electrical synapses). 4. Excitatory synapse: one in which the firing of the presynaptic cell increases the probability of firing of the postsynaptic cell. 5. Inhibitory synapse: one in which the firing of the presynaptic cell reduces the probability of firing of the postsynaptic cell. (10 Jan 1998)

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Literary usage of Nerve ending

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"structures of insects is a more or less peg-like rod contained in a tubular nerve-ending (Fig. 161, A and B); this nerve-ending may or may not be associated ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The branch of the vestibular division of the nerve ending in the saccule remains in close contact with the cochlear division, longer than does the rest of ..."

3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"... Peripheral Sense Organ or Specialized nerve ending. Goldscheider was among the first to call attention to the interrupted distribution of heat, cold, ..."

4. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"Frog's Motor Nerve-Ending (Wilson). A. B, C, three muscle-fibres. ... 31), and distinguishes those in the neighbourhood of the nerve-ending ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The element of the electric organ of the torpedo, for instance, may be regarded as a muscle fibre in which the nerve ending has become highly developed, ..."

6. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"F £ Л Motor nerve ending in the frog (Kühne), a Ironie view of entrance of the ... Motor nerve ending in lizards, mammals, and man. Schematic after Kühne. ..."

7. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"Musculo-tendinous nerve ending of Golgi ..... 404 264. Tendinous expansion of one of the ... nerve ending on the vas afferent! in the cortex of the kidney . ..."

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