Abstract
It is a nerve bundle or nerve trunk that conveys excitatory impulses from the central nervous system to a target muscle. Each nerve fiber is normally myelinated, but at its terminal end it becomes unmyelinated. Also at the end the nerve fiber branches and each branch contacts a single (specific) muscle fiber within the whole muscle.
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Plonsey, R., Barr, R.C. (2000). The Neuromuscular Junction. In: Bioelectricity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3152-1_10
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