myoneural junction n. The synaptic connection of the axon of a motor neuron with a muscle fiber.
The Alps are a range of mountains in Europe caused by uplift in the European Plate as it is impacted by the African Plate moving north; they stretch from Italy through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and into Slovenia. The highest peaks in Europe (outside of the Caucasus mountains) are located in the Alps. Mont Blanc (4810 meters), Dufourspitze (4634 meters) and the world famous Matterhorn (4478 meters) are official and well known alpine four-thousanders. Many areas of the Alps are covered by eternal snow and ice.
Other well-known mountains include the Finsteraarhorn (14,022 feet; 4,274 m.) , the Jungfrau (13,642 feet; 4,158 m.),and the Eiger (13,025 feet; 3,970 m.) in the Bernese Alps, and Grand Paradis (13,323 feet; 4,061 m.) in the Graian Alps. The Alps are considered the birthplace of alpinism or mountaineering.