olfactory nerve

n. Either of the first pair of cranial nerves that conduct impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose to the olfactory bulb.

olfactory nerve

n (Anatomy) either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, supplying the mucous membrane of the nose

olfac′tory nerve`

n. either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose. [1660–70]

olfactory nerve

The nerve that carries sensory information on smell from the nose to the brain. The olfactory nerve is a cranial nerve.

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olfactory nerve - a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosafirst cranial nerve, nervii olfactoriicranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stemsensory system - the body's system of sense organs

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Olfactory Nerve

olfactory nerve

[äl′fak·trē ‚nərv] (neuroscience) The first cranial nerve; a paired sensory nerve with its origin in the olfactory lobe and formed by processes of the olfactory cells which lie in the nasal mucosa; greatly reduced in humans.

Olfactory Nerve

the first, paired cranial nerve in vertebrates. The olfactory nerve consists of the axons of the olfactory receptor cells (see). These outgrowths are among the thinnest and slowest-conducting unmyelinated nerve fibers. In mammals, in contrast with other vertebrates, the olfactory nerve does not form a single trunk, but rather, a group of separate bundles. The fibers of the olfactory nerve terminate in the olfactory bulb of the forebrain. Contact between the outgrowths of the neurons of the olfactory bulb and the fibers of the olfactory nerve occurs within the bulb, in specialized synaptic structures called olfactory glomerulae.

olfactory nerve

olfactory

[ol-fak´tŏ-re] pertaining to smell.olfactory nerve the first cranial nerve; it is purely sensory and is concerned with the sense of smell" >smell. The nerve cell bodies are situated in the olfactory area of the mucous membrane of the nose. The nerve fibers lead upward through openings in the ethmoid bone, connect with the cells of the olfactory bulb, and then pass inward to the cerebrum. See Appendix 2-5.

olfactory nerve

n. Either of the first pair of cranial nerves that conduct impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose to the olfactory bulb.

RIGHT OLFACTORY NERVE

olfactory nerve

A sensory nerve with neuronal cell bodies located in the olfactory epithelium (a yellowish-brown thickened patch of epithelium found along the upper back walls of the nasal cavity). Axons from the receptor cells join into approximately 20 small nonmyelinated bundles (the olfactory nerves). These nerves pass into the skull through holes in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and terminate in the ipsilateral olfactory bulb in spherical synaptic structures called glomeruli. Synonym: first cranial nerve See: cranial nerveillustrationSee also: nerve

olfactory nerve

olfactory nerve

olfactory nerve

olfac′tory nerve`

olfactory nerve

Olfactory Nerve

olfactory nerve

Olfactory Nerve

olfactory nerve

olfactory

olfactory nerve

olfactory nerve

olfactory nerve

Synonyms for olfactory nerve

noun a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa

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