end organ
Noun
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A specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers (synset 105473044)
is a type of: organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular functionsubtypes:
- end-plate, endplate, motor end plate - the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
- osmoreceptor - sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure
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