Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The neuromuscular junction connects the nervous system to the muscular system via synapses between efferent nerve fibers and muscle fibers also known as muscle cells. As an action potential reaches the end of a motor neuron voltage-dependent calcium channels open allowing calcium to enter the neuron.

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