Motor Endplate

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

The motor endplate is a part of the neuromuscular junction¹. The motor endplate refers to the multiple branching nerve terminals that invaginate upon the surface of the muscle fiber, but does not penetrate the muscle fiber plasma membrane¹. The motor endplate is covered by one or more Schwann cells that insulate it from the surrounding fluids¹.

References

Hall JE, Hall ME, Guyton AC. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. 14th edition. Elsevier; 2021.

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