Assertion: dendrite | /r/CapableOf | provide enlarged surface area
Facets:
value: to receive signals
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Dendrites provide an enlarged surface area to receive signals from the terminal buttons of other axons, and the axon also commonly divides at its far end into many branches (telodendria) each of which ends in a nerve terminal, allowing a chemical signal to pass simultaneously to many target cells.