ETYM Greek dendriths, fem. dendritis, of a tree, from dendron a tree: cf. French dendrite.
Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.
Part of a nerve cell or neuron. The dendrites are slender filaments projecting from the cell body. They receive incoming messages from many other nerve cells and pass them on to the cell body.
If the combined effect of these messages is strong enough, the cell body will send an electrical impulse along the axon (the threadlike extension of a nerve cell). The tip of the axon passes its message to the dendrites of other nerve cells.
Tree-shaped mark made by another mineral in stone or crystal; nerve-cell outgrowth conducting impulse inward.