olfactory nerve
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English
Noun
olfactory nerve (plural olfactory nerves)
- (neuroanatomy) Either of the first of twelve paired cranial nerves which arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and carries information of the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the brain.
Translations
1st cranial nerve
References
- “olfactory nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “olfactory nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.