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neuromuscular junction
(redirected from neuromuscular transmission)

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Noun1.neuromuscular junction - the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
myoneural junction
synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"
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