| NOUN | body | end organ | a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers |
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| Meaning | A specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers. | |
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| Narrower | end-plate, endplate, 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 | |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
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