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The junction between a motor neuron and the muscle fibre it supplies is the:

Answer: Neuromuscular junction.

  • A Synaptic cleft
  • B Neuromuscular junction
  • C Node of Ranvier
  • D Simple reflex arc

Correct answer: B. Neuromuscular junction

Explanation: The neuromuscular junction is the synapse where a motor neuron passes its signal to a muscle fibre.

Labeled diagram of a neuron showing dendrites, cell body (soma) with nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, Nodes of Ranvier, and axon terminals

Structure of a neuron. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Brain, spinal cord, neurons, reflex arcs, and sense organs.

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