end plate


noun

Mining. one of the shorter members of a set. Compare wall plate(def 3).
Cell Biology. a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle, consisting of an irregularly shaped trough into which the terminal portion of the axon fits.

Origin of end plate

First recorded in 1875–80

British Dictionary definitions for endplate

endplate
/ (ˈɛndˌpleɪt) /

noun

any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
physiol the flattened end of a motor nerve fibre, which transmits impulses to muscle

Medical definitions for endplate

end plate

n.

The area of synaptic contact between a motor nerve and a muscle fiber.