Essay topic 5. Neuromuscular junction as site of disease process. AND Formation of Nuromuscular junction.

Essay topic 5. 5. The neuromuscular junction as a site of disease process Proteins involved in formation of the neuromuscular junction The neuromuscular junction is a specialized junction, where a motor nerve forms its synaptic terminal with a muscle fibre, one of many fibres that make up a whole muscle. The mature neuromuscular junction is composed of three types of cells - a motor nerve terminal, a muscle fibre and a Schwann cell covering the junction. All …

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