What is the function of a dendrite?

The nerve cell's dendrites extend outward like fingers, and at the end of each dendrite is a location known as a synapse where chemicals can travel from the dendrite to the axon of another nerve cell. The dendrite receives information from the synapse when the axon stimulates the chemicals there, and then relays that information to the nerve cell's cell body.

The message can then be transmitted to the subsequent nerve cell via an axon in the nerve cell by the cell body.

A nerve cell can connect to many other nerve cells in the brain by having multiple dendrites; the more connections the brain can make, the more functions it can perform, including memory and problem solving.

Receiving signals from other neurons and sending them to the neuron's cell body is the job of a dendrite.

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to propagate the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project. Essentially, dendrites function as the input sites for the neuron, receiving signals from other neurons and transmitting these signals to the neuron's cell body. This process plays a critical role in the communication between neurons within the nervous system.