Examples from literature

• It is now known that the protoplasm in all parts of the neuron proper—cell-body, axis cylinder, and dendrites—has a grayish color, while the coverings of most of the fibers are white. 
• One inclines to imagine a retraction of dendrites, which breaks the connection between the central end of the optic nerve and the occipital centers of vision. 
• The dendrites are short extensions from the cell-body. 
• The white matter contains no nerve cells or dendrites. 
• These axon runners from one cell connect through synapses to dendrite runners on other cells.