end plate

American  

noun

1. Mining. one of the shorter members of a set.

2. Cell Biology. a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle, consisting of an irregularly shaped trough into which the terminal portion of the axon fits.

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Etymology

Origin of end plate

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Once released by the synaptic terminal, ACh diffuses across the synaptic cleft to the motor end plate, where it binds with ACh receptors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The end of the neuron’s axon is called the synaptic terminal, and it does not actually contact the motor end plate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The area of the sarcolemma on the muscle fiber that interacts with the neuron is called the motor end plate.

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As ACh binds at the motor end plate, this depolarization is called an end-plate potential.

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In both instances he connected the end plate of one kind with the opposite end plate of the other kind by a wire, and in both arrangements produced a current of electricity.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry