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Noun: motor end plate
  1. The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
    "Acetylcholine is released at the motor end plate to stimulate muscle contraction";
    - end-plate, endplate

Derived forms: motor end plates

Type of: end organ

Part of: effector

Encyclopedia: Motor end plate