(den'drīt‵ )

[Gr. dendritēs, pert. to a tree]

A short spike-shaped cell process. The term usually applies to the branched, tapering cell processes of neurons. Incoming synapses form on the neuronal dendrites, which often arborize, sometimes extensively.SYN: dendron.

SEE: illus.

extracapsular d.A dendrite of a neuron in an autonomic ganglion that pierces the capsule surrounding the cell and extends for a considerable distance from the cell body.

intracapsular d.A dendrite of a neuron of autonomic ganglia that branches beneath the capsule of the ganglion, forming a network about the cell body.

dendritic,

(den-drit'ik )