The Neuromuscular Junction
Description
Key structural components and functional elements of the synapse between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber.
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Acetylcholine receptors
Acetylcholinesterase
Axon terminal
Junctional folds
Mitochondrion
Motor end plate
Myelin sheath
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Synaptic cleft
Synaptic vesicles
Voltage-gated calcium channels