apical

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Between three and eight weeks of age, a period that spans early childhood to adolescence, spine density increased sharply in a single region of the apical dendrite.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

This orientation ensures that cellular components are evenly shared and that two new apical progenitor cells are produced.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

The measurements were taken at the neurons' distal apical dendrites of the visual cortex, which receive top-down signals, and at their cell bodies, which receive bottom-up signals.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

Four major adaptations are found in all terrestrial plants: the alternation of generations, a sporangium in which the spores are formed, a gametangium that produces haploid cells, and apical meristem tissue in roots and shoots.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In Italy and south-east Europe a form with entirely black body and black wings occurs, and in Corsica a black form with reddish hairs on the apical segments.

From Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects by Saunders, Edward