ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY DENDRITES DETAILS: Brain Flash Card #3 WHAT ARE YOUR "DENDRITES" AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? Your DENDRITES are neurites (or terminals) that receive electrical impulses from your other neurons, senses, internal organs, or muscles. Typically, as many as 10,000 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 Cell Body. INSTANTLY GO TO: [1] FACT CHECKER OR GO TO: [2] DENDRITES: Brain Flash Card #3 OR GO TO: [3] SAMPLE OF 15 FREE BRAIN FLASH CARDS