ramification

A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.

The character of trees may be studied to advantage […] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs […]

From the left chamber or ventricle of the strong muscular mass, the heart, a large tube arises, called the aorta; and by a continued division or ramification, opens a way for the bright scarlet blood to the very minutest part of the living frame […]

An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.

The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely […]

What, then, is my Scheme? It is a very simple one, although in its ramifications and extensions it embraces the whole world.

An arrangement of branches.