end organ

end organ

n.

The encapsulated termination of a sensory nerve.

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end organ

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the expanded end of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve

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Noun

1.

end organ - a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function 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