end organ

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end organ

The encapsulated termination of a sensory nerve.

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end organ

(Anatomy) anatomy the expanded end of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve

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end′ or`gan

one of several specialized structures at the peripheral end of sensory or motor nerve fibers.

[1875–80]

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Noun

end organ - a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers

organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

endplate, end-plate, motor end plate - the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle

osmoreceptor - sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

Translations

end or·gan

n. órgano terminal.

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