dendrite
dendrite
Definition
den·drite (den′drīt′)
noun
- a branching, treelike mark made by one mineral crystallizing in another
- a stone or mineral with such a mark
- the branched part of a nerve cell that carries impulses toward the cell body
- the protoplasmic filaments of a nerve cell
Etymology: < Gr dendritēs, of a tree < dendron, a tree: see dendro-
Related Forms:
- dendritic den·drit′ic (den drit′ik) adjective or dendritical den·drit′i·cal
- dendritically den·drit′i·cally adverb
dendrite
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- neuron: The neurotransmitters then flow across the synaptic gap to the dendrites of the next neuron.
- neuron: Once this message is received, this second neuron places its neurotransmitter into the dendrite of the next neuron.
- cell: The terminal knob by which the end of a presynaptic axon comes into contact with the dendrite of a postsynaptic nerve cell.
Converse of object
- call: A neuron is composed of a central cell body with branches, called dendrites.
- grow: Time: The lower the temperature, the longer the time needed to grow the cuprous oxide dendrites.
- represent: We are now going to add more sections representing the two dendrites.
- make: Wrap these short pieces around longer pipe cleaners to make dendrites.
Adjective modifier
- cortical: Chronic hypoxaemia appears to be a major cause of maldevelopment of the cortical neuron dendrites and axonal bed.
- more: These can be shorter than your axon and you can twist more pipe cleaners to make more dendrites.
- apical: Stress induces atrophy of apical dendrites of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons.
Modifies a noun
- growth: The higher the humidity, the thicker is this moisture layer and the faster corrosion or dendrite growth can occur.
- arm: The micrograph shows primary Al dendrite arms ( white ).
- tip: At Leeds we have developed a model which explains grain refinement by a kinetically induced instability at the dendrite tip.
Noun used with modifier
- cell: The narrowing of the hole is detected by a nerve cell dendrite which projects into it, producing an electric signal.
- neuron: Chronic hypoxaemia appears to be a major cause of maldevelopment of the cortical neuron dendrites and axonal bed.
- motorneuron: This pattern of the motorneuron dendrites is a neural map, which represents centrally the distribution of body wall muscles in the periphery.
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