Human Anatomy (with the fundamentals of dynamic and sports morphology) - Ivanitsky M. F. 2008

The Doctrine of Sense Organs
The Organ of Smell

The Organ of Smell is located in the mucous membrane of the superior nasal concha and the adjacent small part of the nasal septum. This organ includes olfactory Cells whose receptors perceive the odor of substances dissolved in the Water vapor of the Nasal cavity and the secretion of mucosal glands. The central processes of the olfactory cells form thin nerve trunks that constitute the olfactory nerves, extending into the cranial cavity to the olfactory bulb. The olfactory tract originates from the bulb, with its fibers passing through subcortical centers to the cortex of the parahippocampal gyrus, where olfactory impulses are analyzed and the corresponding sensations are formed.



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