Neuromuscular junction
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title:
Neuromuscular junction
text:
A neuromuscular junction is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber. It allows the motor neuron to transmit a signal to the muscle fiber, causing muscle contraction. Muscles require innervation to function—and even just to maintain muscle tone, avoiding atrophy. In the neuromuscular system, nerves from the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system are linked and work together with muscles. Synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction begins when an acti
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description:
Junction between the axon of a motor neuron and a muscle fiber
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_junction
date created:
2004-05-26T22:00:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:41:27Z
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