ENDPLATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does endplate mean? • ENDPLATE (noun)
The noun ENDPLATE has 1 sense:
1. the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
Familiarity information: ENDPLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENDPLATE (noun)
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 ("endplate" is a kind of...):
end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)
Holonyms ("endplate" is a part of...):
effector (a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion)
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