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synaptic trough — an invagination of the membrane of a striated muscle fiber, surrounding a motor end plate at a neuromuscular junction. Called also synaptic cleft and primary synaptic cleft … Medical dictionary
subneural clefts — evenly spaced lamella like clefts within the primary synaptic cleft, formed by infoldings of the sarcolemma into the underlying sarcolemma of muscle; called also subneural apparatus and secondary synaptic c s … Medical dictionary
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Neurotransmitter — For an introduction to concepts and terminology used in this article, see Chemical synapse. Structure of a typical chemical synapse Postsynaptic density Voltage gated Ca++ c … Wikipedia
