MOTOR END PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motor end plate mean? 

• MOTOR END PLATE (noun)
  The noun MOTOR END PLATE has 1 sense:

1. the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

  Familiarity information: MOTOR END PLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTOR END PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

end-plate; endplate; motor end plate

Hypernyms ("motor end plate" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)

Holonyms ("motor end plate" is a part of...):

effector (a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion)

 Context examples 

Increased ACh availability at the motor end plate allows muscles to contract.

(Amifampridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Metaxalone has no direct effect on the contractile mechanisms of striated muscle, the motor end plate, or the nerve fiber.

(Metaxalone, NCI Thesaurus)

Methocarbamol has no direct effect on the contractile mechanism of striated muscle, the motor end plate or the nerve fiber.

(Methocarbamol, NCI Thesaurus)