The gap between the axon terminal and muscle cell is called the synaptic cleft. It is defined as the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
The axon terminal of a nerve cell is adjacent to the neuromuscular junction. The axon terminal releases neurotransmitters that transmit signals across the synapse to the muscle fiber. This signal triggers muscle contraction.
To "connect" two neurons, (or a neuron and a muscle cell), by providing a space between an axon terminal of one neuron and a dendrite of another neuron (or a muscle cell), so neurotransmitters that are released by an axon terminal can diffuse across that space to reach the dendrite (or muscle cell) and either initiate the possibility of the second neuron to fire or cause a muscle cell to contract.
The synapse between an axon terminal and a neuron cell body is called an axosomatic synapse. This is where the axon terminal of one neuron forms a connection with the cell body of another neuron.
the motor end-plate
neuromuscular junction or myoneural junction
The axon knob, also known as the presynaptic terminal, is the end of the axon of a neuron that forms a synapse with another neuron or a muscle or gland cell. It stores and releases neurotransmitters to communicate signals to the target cell.
The junction between a motor neruon's axon and the muscle cell membrane is called a neuromuscular junction or a myoneuraljunction?
"A muscle cell remains contracted until the release of acetylcholine stops and an enzyme produced at the axon terminal destroys any remaining acetylcholine."
Neuromuscular junction.
The space between the tip of the axon and the next structure is called the synaptic cleft. This is where neurotransmitters are released from the axon terminal of one neuron and received by receptors on the next structure, which can be another neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell. This communication between neurons at the synaptic cleft is essential for transmitting signals in the nervous system.
An axon terminal is the structure of a neuron (a single cell of the central or peripheral nervous system) at the end of it's axon that forms a synapse with another neuron. Generally, the axon terminal is the point at which a neuron passes information to the neurons with which it is connected.
"synapse"