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olfactory bulb
noun[ C ]
anatomy specializeduk /ɒlˈfæk.tər.i ˌbʌlb/ us /ɑːlˈfæk.ter.i ˌbʌlb/
one of two small, rounded areas attached to the front of the brain on each side where the olfactory nerves end, that form part of the olfactory lobe and are involved in the ability to smell:
Information about a smell goes from receptors in the nose to the olfactory bulb in the brain.
Sharks have very large olfactory bulbs, so we know that odour plays a major role in finding prey.
The nerves leading to her olfactory bulb had been damaged, especially the part relating to her sense of smell.
The olfactory tracts lead from the cerebral lobes to the olfactory bulbs.
Serotonergic neurons that innervate the olfactory bulb modulate the initial representation and processing of olfactory information.
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