| id | GO:0043195 Detailed information
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| name | terminal button
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| namespace | cellular_component
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| def | "Terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. The axon terminus is considered to be the whole region of thickening and the terminal button is a specialized region of it." [GOC:dph, GOC:nln]
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| synonym | "bouton" EXACT []
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| synonym | "presynaptic bouton" EXACT []
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| synonym | "synaptic bouton" EXACT []
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| synonym | "terminal bouton" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0033267 ! axon part
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| is_a | GO:0044456 ! synapse part
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| relationship | part_of GO:0043679 ! axon terminus
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