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Dendrites

Author: Edwin Ocran, MBChB, MSc • Reviewer: Dimitrios Mytilinaios, MD, PhD
Last reviewed: October 30, 2023
Reading time: 1 minute

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Dendrites
Dendrita
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Dendrites are a collection of highly branched, tapering processes extending from the cell body (soma) of a neuron which conduct impulses toward the cell body.

Unlike axons that are single, long processes which transmit impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, dendrites are a series of processes in the vicinity of the cell body which receive information from other neurons via synapses.

Terminology English: Dendrites
Latin: Dendritum
Function Collect information from other neurons

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  • Haines, D. E., Mihailoff, G. A., Cunningham, W., Schenk, M., Armstrong, G. W., & Runyan, C. P. (2018). Fundamental neuroscience for basic and clinical applications. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
  • Nolte, J. (2009). The human brain: an introduction to its functional anatomy. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier.
  • Standring, S. (2016). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Philadelphia: Elsevier Limited.

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