Yes, when two root tendrils from a strangler fig touch, they fuse together. Because the roots wrap around the trunk of the host tree, they overlap a lot and eventually form a mesh that completely encircles the host.
The “host” being a cypress tree.
The principal of falsifiability would be correct.
A,B,C and D
A. increase in the number of available neurotransmitters
B. decrease in the number of available neurotransmitters
C. increase in the number of receptors and receptor sites
D. the ability of the synapse to change in strength and function when the pathway is overused or underused