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anatomy

dendrite

also: dendrites

one of numerous thin branching extensions of a NERVE cell. The dendrites are at the 'receiving end' of the nerve cell ( NEURON ), and they form a network that increases the area for receiving impulses from the terminals of AXONS of other neurons at the SYNAPSE .

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug dendrite