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End-plate potential — Miniature end plate potentials and end plate spikes recorded from muscle fiber End plate potentials (EPPs) (sometimes called end plate spikes ) are the depolarizations of skeletal muscle fibers caused by neurotransmitters binding to the… … Wikipedia
end-plate potential — ▪ physiology chemically induced change in electric potential of the motor end plate, the portion of the muscle cell membrane that lies opposite the terminal of a nerve fibre at the neuromuscular junction. The end plate membrane is… … Universalium
end plate potential — Depolarization of the sarcolemma as a result of acetylcholine release from the motoneuron causing an influx of sodium ions. The end plate potential is the sum of quantal miniature end plate potentials. Development of the end plate potential is… … Dictionary of molecular biology
end plate potential — an action potential that occurs in a stimulated motor end plate, causing initiation of an action potential in the adjacent muscle fiber … Medical dictionary
miniature end plate potential — (= MEPP) Small fluctuations (typically 0.5 mV) in the resting potential of postsynaptic cells. They are the same shape as, but much smaller than, the end plate potentials caused by stimulation of the presynaptic cell. MEPPs are considered as… … Dictionary of molecular biology
plate voltage — noun or plate potential : the constant component of the potential difference between plate and cathode in an electron tube … Useful english dictionary
Potential flow — streamlines around a NACA 0012 airfoil at 11° angle of attack, with upper and lower streamtubes identified. In fluid dynamics, potential flow describes the velocity field as the gradient of a scalar function: the velocity potential. As a result,… … Wikipedia
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
potential — 1. Capable of doing or being, although not yet doing or being; possible, but not actual. 2. A state of tension in an electric source enabling it to do work under suitable conditions; in relation to electricity, p. is analogous to the temperature… … Medical dictionary
plate resistance — noun : the ratio of the potential difference between plate and cathode of a vacuum tube to the resulting current * * * Electronics. See anode resistance … Useful english dictionary
