Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
nervus ter·mi·na·lis Pronunciation:
-"t&r-m&-'nA-l&s Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural nerviter·mi·na·les /-(")lEz/ : a group of ganglionated nerve fibers that arise in the cerebral hemisphere near where the nerve tract leading from theolfactory bulb joins the temporal lobe and that pass anteriorly along this tract and the olfactory bulb through the cribriform plate to the nasal mucosa called also
terminal nerve