end organ
end organ · end organs
A small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathwayA small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathway.
Meaning
2 sensesA small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathway.
a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers
The ultimately affected organ in a chain of events, such as a disease process (pathophysiology) or a drug's mechanism of action (sometimes called a target organ in this sense).