Cell Component
nerve ending
[ nurv en-ding ]
Subclass of:
Peripheral Nervous System
Definitions related to nerve endings:
  • Sensory receptors for afferent fibers, neuroeffectors for efferent fibers.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Branch-like terminations of NERVE FIBERS, sensory or motor NEURONS. Endings of sensory neurons are the beginnings of afferent pathway to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Endings of motor neurons are the terminals of axons at the muscle cells. Nerve endings which release neurotransmitters are called PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (axon terminus) Terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. The axon terminus is considered to be the whole region of thickening and the terminal button is a specialized region of it.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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