What special characteristics of the presynaptic neuron (motor neuron) and motor end-plate (postsynaptic membrane in the NMJ) make it possible (and likely) that the threshold for an action potential will be reached in the muscle fiber

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What special characteristics of the presynaptic neuron (motor neuron) and motor end-plate (postsynaptic membrane in the NMJ) make it possible (and likely) that the threshold for an action potential will be reached in the muscle fiber

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