olfactory nerve

noun

, Anatomy.

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.

olfactory nerve

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

olfactory nerve

Either of the first pair of cranial nerves that carries sensory information relating to smell from the nose to the brain.

First recorded in 1660–70

This may perhaps be called the olfactory nerve, though clearly of a different character to the other nerves.

Here are found a large number of rod-shaped cells which are connected with the brain by means of the olfactory nerve.

Because we have tiny olfactory nerve endings buried in the mucous membrane of our noses and throats.

Scents, like sounds, appear to influence the olfactory nerve in certain definite degrees.

On the right side is seen the olfactory nerve coming off from the olfactory lobe.

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