Branching projections of the cell body in nerve cells that serve to (Fig. 10) enhance synaptic connections between nerves.
Diagrams of insect nerve cells showing direction of nervous impulse (adapted from Chapman, The insects: structure and function).
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(2008). Dendrites. In: Capinera, J.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_865
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