ENDPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endplate mean? 

• ENDPLATE (noun)
  The noun ENDPLATE has 1 sense:

1. the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

  Familiarity information: ENDPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

end-plate; endplate; motor end plate

Hypernyms ("endplate" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)

Holonyms ("endplate" is a part of...):

effector (a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion)