The olfactory bulb is a neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction or the sense of smell. ==Anatomy== In most vertebrates, the olfactory bulb is the most rostral (forward) part of the brain. In humans, however, the olfactory bulb is on the inferior (bottom) side of the brain. The olfactory bulb is supported and protected by...
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(from the article `sensory reception, human`) ...epithelium or lining. Electron microscope photographs show from six to 12 olfactory cilia per cell. The end of each receptor narrows to a fine ... ...The cerebral hemispheres begin their development as paired outgrowths of the forebrain and serve as centres of olfactory reception. In the ...
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Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory nerve terminates. The olfactory bulb contains several types of nerve cells including the mitral cells, on whose dendrites the olfactory nerve synapses, forming the olfactory glomeruli. The accessory olfactory bulb, which receives the projection from the vomeronasal o...
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the bulblike expansion of the olfactory tract on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the grayish expanded rostral extremity of the olfactory tract, lying on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and receiving the olfactory filaments. Synonyms: bulbus olfactorius
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Olfactory bulb: A key part of the olfactory apparatus consisting of a bulbous enlargement of the end of the olfactory nerve on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere just above the nasal cavity. Called also Morgagni's tubercle.
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An aggregation of sensory neurons of an olfactory nerve, lying inferior to the frontal lobe of the cerebrum on either lateral side of the crista galli of the ethmoid bone.
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n] - one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities
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olfactory bulb 1. One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities. 2. A key part of the olfactory apparatus consisting of a bulbous enlargement of the end of the olfactory nerve on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere of the brain just above the nasa...
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noun one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities
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structure at the rostral end of the telencephalon that is involved in smell
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The center where odor-sensitive receptors send their signals, located just below the frontal lobes of the cortex.
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