Nerve ending

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Contents

Broader Terms

nerve

Narrower Terms

neuroeffector, sensory receptor

Related Terms

synapse

Scope Note

sensory receptors for afferent fibers, neuroeffectors for efferent fibers.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • is a Kind of free nerve ending is a kind of: nerve ending, nerve end — the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse .
  • It is suggested, that myelinization within nerve ending is one of the factors of synaptic efficacy.
  • If the pressure is released, the corpuscle as a whole will resume its original shape and the nerve ending is again deformed, signaling the end of the hand or foot pressure.
  • In these cases, how does the nerve substance diffuse to those regions without nerves? I believe that the nerve ending is here the liberation centre.
  • At the tip of the nerve ending is the presynaptic membrane; facing it, and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft) is a specialized area of membrane on the receiving cell, known as the postsynaptic membrane.

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