olfactory cavity
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olfactory ventilation sac — an extension of the olfactory cavity, often characteristic of inactive bottom dwellers living in still water such as flatfishes, dipnoans, and eels but also found in clupeids, salmonids, mugilids and scombrids. Primarily used for ventilation but… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Olfactory foramina — Ethmoid bone from above. Base of the skull. Upper surface … Wikipedia
Olfactory epithelium — Section of the olfactory mucous membrane. Plan of olfactory neurons … Wikipedia
Olfactory mucosa — Latin pars olfactoria tunicae mucosae nasi The olfactory mucosa is located in the upper region of the nasal cavity and is made up of the olfactory epithelium and the underlying lamina propria, connective tissue containing fibroblasts, blood… … Wikipedia
Olfactory glands — Section of the olfactory mucous membrane. Latin glandulae olfactoriae Gray s … Wikipedia
olfactory organ — n an organ of chemical sense that receives stimuli interpreted as odors from volatile and soluble substances in low dilution, that lies in the walls of the upper part of the nasal cavity, and that forms a mucous membrane continuous with the rest… … Medical dictionary
olfactory epithelium — n the nasal mucosa containing olfactory cells * * * a type of pseudostratified epithelium that lines the olfactory region of the nasal cavity and contains olfactory receptors. Schematic diagram of the receptors in the olfactory epithelium … Medical dictionary
olfactory placode — n a thick plate of cells derived from the neural ectoderm in the head region of the vertebrate embryo and developing into the olfactory region of the nasal cavity … Medical dictionary
olfactory pit — n a depression on the head of an embryo that becomes converted into a nasal passage called also nasal sac * * * the primordium of a nasal cavity … Medical dictionary
Olfactory nerve — Nerve: Olfactory nerve The Olfactory Nerve … Wikipedia
