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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009830
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Preferred Name

Olfactory Bulb

Definitions
Ovoid body resting on the CRIBRIFORM PLATE of the ethmoid bone where the OLFACTORY NERVE terminates. The olfactory bulb contains several types of nerve cells including the mitral cells, on whose DENDRITES the olfactory nerve synapses, forming the olfactory glomeruli. The accessory olfactory bulb, which receives the projection from the VOMERONASAL ORGAN via the vomeronasal nerve, is also included here.
Synonyms
Olfactory Glomerulus
Bulbus Olfactorius
Lateral Olfactory Tracts
Olfactory Bulbs, Accessory
Bulb, Accessory Olfactory
Bulbs, Accessory Olfactory
Tracts, Olfactory
Glomerulus, Olfactory
Olfactory Tracts
Olfactory Bulbs
Tract, Olfactory
Olfactorius, Bulbus
Olfactory Bulb, Accessory
Lateral Olfactory Tract
Tracts, Lateral Olfactory
Bulbs, Olfactory
Olfactory Bulb, Main
Olfactory Bulbs, Main
Accessory Olfactory Bulbs
Main Olfactory Bulbs
Olfactory Tract, Lateral
Olfactory Tracts, Lateral
Bulb, Main Olfactory
Bulbs, Main Olfactory
Bulb, Olfactory
Main Olfactory Bulb
Olfactory Tract
Tract, Lateral Olfactory
Accessory Olfactory Bulb
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