olfactory nerve

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olfactory nerve

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

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olfactory nerve

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

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olfac′tory nerve`

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 mucosa

first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii

cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem

sensory system - the body's system of sense organs

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olfactory nerve

n. nervio olfatorio, controla el sentido del olfato

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