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Olfactory Bulb  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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 ORGAN via the vomeronasal nerve, is also included here.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Bulbus Olfactorius
  • Main Olfactory Bulb

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MDG0PZBW-N

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