endplate

NOUN
  1. the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
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How To Use endplate In A Sentence

  • The surgeon uses a motorized 5-mm round burr to expose bleeding bone from the endplates of the vertebral bodies on either side of the disc space to prepare the space for the bone graft.
  • The nucleus eventually no longer acts hydrostatically, thus the annulus and endplate are exposed to high point stresses which might lead to the cracks and fissures seen in degenerate discs.
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