Slide DMS096 [Teased muscle fibers; Gold chloride]. Find and study a neuromuscular junction (motor end plate) in Slide #96, a preparation of teased skeletal muscle fibers stained by the gold chloride method. Study the ultrastructure of the neuromuscular junction as illustrated in your textbook. What features are similar to/different from a typical (neuron-to-neuron) synapse? Define a "motor unit".

Motor Nerve Terminals

1. Motor nerve

2. Neuromuscular junctions