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- DictionaryDen·drite/ˈdenˌdrīt/
noun
- 1. a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
- 2. a crystal or crystalline mass with a branching treelike structure.
1. : a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral. also : the mineral so marked. 2. : a crystallized arborescent form. 3. : any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a neuron see neuron illustration. Examples of dendrite in a Sentence.
Dendrites are short, tree-like, highly branched processes, generally radiating from the cell body, increasing the receptive area of the cell. Dendrites are unmyelinated, usually tapered, and their diameter is greater than the diameter of the neuronal axon. Dendrites become thinner as they branch.
Abstract. Nerve cells (neurons) have extensive processes called dendrites. These occupy a large surface area of a neuron. They receive many signals from other neurons and contain specialized proteins that receive, process, and transfer these to the cell body.
Dendrites (from Greek δένδρον déndron, “tree”) are one of the major structural elements of neurons and exhibit enormously diverse forms. They receive, integrate and process thousands of excitatory, and to a lesser extent inhibitory, synaptic inputs terminating either on the dendritic shaft or spine.
Oct 18, 2018 · Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play a critical role in incorporating all of that information so the cells can respond appropriately. Using hard-to-obtain samples of human brain tissue, MIT neuroscientists have now discovered that human dendrites ...
How do dendrites take their shape? Ethan K. Scott & Liqun Luo. Nature Neuroscience 4 , 359–365 ( 2001) Cite this article. 2104 Accesses. 235 Citations. 3 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Recent...
Sep 1, 2023 · Biology definition: A dendrite is any of the protoplasmic protrusions (2 µm long and usually 5 – 7 in number) that radiate from the neuronal cell and function to receive the electrochemical signals at the axonal synapse and further propagate them to the neuronal cell body or soma.
