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ACH receptors are located in what part of the muscle cell membrane? Thank you for your help.
To stimulate contraction of a muscle, particular nerve cells called motor neurons "connect" to the muscles they stimulate. This connection is called the neuromuscular junction. They don't actually touch each other but the space between the nerve cell and the muscle cell is called a "synapse". Acetylcholine (ACh) is the neurotransmitter released by nerve cells to stimulate muscle contraction. Ach travels through the synapse and binds to its receptors found at the post-synaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction of the muscle cell. Hope this helps!
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