Long description

This diagram shows six neurons connected together in a network (labelled A–F). They are positioned in a horizontal orientation with the dendrites and cell body to the left and the axons extending towards the right. Each axon branches into three, and theses axon terminals are connected to the dendrites of another neuron or neurons positioned to the right of it. The point where the axons and dendrites are connected are labelled synapses. From left to right, two neurons are connected to one neuron, which is in turn connected to three neurons. Neuron A lies on the top left of the diagram, with its dendrites on the left and the axon extending horizontally towards the right. Neuron B lies immediately below this in the same orientation. Neuron C is to the right of neurons A and B, and again is lying in a horizontal orientation with its cell body on the left and axon extending towards the right. The axon terminals of neurons A and B form synapses with the dendrites of neuron C. To the right of neuron C are three neurons (D, E and F) lying horizontally and aligned one above the other. The axon terminals of neuron C forms synapses with the dendrites of neurons D, E and F.