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Define neuromuscular junction.

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Muscle contraction is initiated by a nerve impulse sents by the central nervous system (CNS) through a motor neuron. The junction between the motor neuron and the sarcolemma of the muscle fibre is called the neuromuscular junction or motor end plate.
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