Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Olfactory Bulb

Region located in the lower front of the brain that processes odors collected by chemoreceptors in the membranes of the snout of primates and other mammals; notably diminished in size in the anthropoid primates compared with the prosimians; aka rhinencephalon.

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olfactory lobe (Portion of the inferior frontal lobe where the olfactory nerves terminate; includes the ...)
olfactory center (... to the hypothalamus. Aka olfactory cortex. See olfactory bulb.)
olfactory tract (... the olfactory bulb to the olfactory portion of the cerebral ...)
olfactory cell (... that passes to the olfactory bulb.)
olfactory receptor (... electrical signal to the olfactory bulb.)