dendrite /den·drite/ (den´drīt) one of the threadlike extensions of the cytoplasm of a neuron; dendrites branch into treelike processes and compose most of the receptive surface of a neuron. 
dendrite
dendrite (den´drīt),
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Dendrites in a multipolar neuron.
den·drite (d n dr t )n. Any of the various branched protoplasmic extensions of a nerve cell that conducts impulses from adjacent cells inward toward the cell body. Also called dendritic process, dendron, neurodendrite, neurodendron. |
dendrite
[den′drīt]
Etymology: Gk, dendron, tree
a slender branching process that extends from the cell body of a neuron and that is capable of being stimulated by a neurotransmitter. Each neuron usually possesses several dendrites, which receive synapses where chemical transmission occurs from axons to dendrites (or an axon, in the case of unipolar neurons). The number of dendrites and thus the number of synapses varies with the functions of a neuron. Also called cytodendrite. Compare axon.
dendrite (den´drīt),
n 1. the fingerlike projections formed during the solidification of crystalline materials.
n 2. a branched, treelike protoplasmic process of a neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body. See also axon.
n 2. a branched, treelike protoplasmic process of a neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body. See also axon.
dendrite
any of the threadlike extensions of the cytoplasm of a neuron; dendrites, which typically branch into treelike processes, compose most of the receptive surface of a neuron.
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