About The Medical Condition Olfactory Bulb

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Olfactory Bulb

Olfactory Bulb Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Olfactory Bulb Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Olfactory Bulb?

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.

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