The student asks the physiology instructor where the motor neuron communicates with a skeletal muscle fiber. What would the instructor respond?
A) Synapse
B) Neuromuscular junction
C) Synaptic cleft
D) Afferent junction
B
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The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) simply is the point at which a motor neuron communicates with a skeletal muscle fiber. The synapse and synaptic cleft are part of the NMJ. The afferent junction is a distracter for this question.
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