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Dendrites and the Cell Body

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Dendrites receive incoming signals and carry them to the cell body, which integrates them and holds the neuron's nucleus.

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Thousands of dendritic branches on one motor neuron collect signals arriving from many other neurons at once.

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Integration is not addition. Some incoming signals push the neuron toward firing and others push it away.