Arborize (Verb)
Meaning
Branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The extensive network of microtubules would arborize to form the mitotic spindle apparatus.
- Like the branches of a tree, blood vessels arborize within the parenchyma to facilitate oxygen exchange.
- Dendrites arborize as they mature, allowing neurons to interact with neighboring cells.
- In the lung, the terminal bronchioles arborize into the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and finally alveoli.
- As axons grow and develop, their termination ends arborize, forming the extensive network of the nervous system.