DENDRITE

n. mineral crystal with a branching form (Geology); section of a nerve cell that branches out (Anatomy)

Dendrites (from Greek dendron, “tree”) are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project. Electrical stimulation is transmitted onto dendrites by upstream neurons via synapses which are located at various points throughout the dendritic arbor. Dendrites play a critical role in integrating these synaptic inputs and in determining the extent to which action potentials are produced by the neuron.
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Noun
1. short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
(hypernym) nerve fiber, nerve fibre
(part-holonym) nerve cell, neuron

n. dendrite, mineral crystal with a branching form (Geology); section of a nerve cell that branches out (Anatomy)

n. dendrite, mineral crystal with a branching form (Geology); section of a nerve cell that branches out (Anatomy)