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For example, the neuron-neuron contact is called a neuronal synapse. while the neuron-skeletal muscle cell contact is called a neuromuscular or myoneural junction. The contacts made by nerve cells with cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and gland cells are all neuroeffector junctions.
motor endplate. a large special synaptic contact between motor axons and each skeletal muscle fiber. Each muscle fiber forms one endplate. See also end plate. moÂ·tor endÂ·plate (mÅ'tÅr end'plÄt) The large and complex end-formation by which the axon of a motor neuron establishes synaptic contact with a striated muscle fiber (cell). motor endplate The point of junction of a motor nerve fibre and a muscle fibre. The motor endplate is a modified area of the muscle fibre membrane at which a synapse occurs. A motor nerve axon ending may have up to 50 synaptic knobs (boutons) but a single muscle fibre has only one endplate. The neurotransmitter is acetylcholine. motor endplate see ENDPLATE, MOTOR. motor endplate