ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY DETAILS ABOUT YOUR DENDRITES Brain Flash Card #3 April 27, 2016 WHAT ARE YOUR DENDRITES AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? BRAIN SCIENCE FACTS What is the purpose and function of your dendrites? Your dendrites are terminals (or neurites) that receive biochemical signals (electro-chemical impulses) from your other neurons, senses, internal organs, glands, or muscles. It is helpful to simplify the most complex three pounds of matter in the universe (your brain) by integrating the idea of your brain's dendrites with the overall concept of the global connectivity of your brain's structures and their functions. You can explore the relationship between your brain's dendrites and the new brain idea about your brain's global connectivity by momentarily focusing your attention on the following circular symbol and the #3 red arrow: See #3 = DENDRITES THIS SYMBOL REPRESENTS A SIMPLIFIED HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY NECESSARY FOR HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS This circular symbol was created to convey a powerful visual image of the previously unimaginable coalescence of the many diverse and interactive physical brain structures that form the wonderful new idea of your self-manifesting holistic brain. The symbol of 14 red arrows pointing toward the circle of human consciousness, depicts a conscious living human brain that is made up of many parts with a sum total of meaning that is greater than all of its separate parts. Each of the 15 brain ideas in the image can converge and merge in your mind to produce the process of your self-directed neuroplasticity or, more simply, your mental force. Typically, as many as 10,000-15,000 dendrites are attached to the cell body of each of your 100 billion neurons but there can be as few as one dendrite attached to a single cell body. NOTE: See also neurons #2, axons #4. nucleus #5, glial cells #6, potentiation #7, synapses #8, connectome #9, plasticity #10; and later brain flash cards on app including sensory cortex and motor cortex. Printable PDF Form DETAILS ABOUT DENDRITES (for your own editing and memory consolidation) RECOMMENDATION: Print this PDF version and read it. Underline or highlight with colors the most important new brain ideas to save them in your long-term memory. Then edit this text to personalize it and read your edited version of these ideas in a few hours and in a few days and then a week later to take advantage of the spaced-repetition method of learning. instantly go to: FACT FINDER LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT DENDRITES #3 or instantly return to: DENDRITES: BRAIN FLASH CARD #3 or instantly return to: ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™