OLFACTORY BULB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olfactory bulb mean? 

• OLFACTORY BULB (noun)
  The noun OLFACTORY BULB has 1 sense:

1. one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities

  Familiarity information: OLFACTORY BULB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLFACTORY BULB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("olfactory bulb" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("olfactory bulb" is a part of...):

olfactory brain; rhinencephalon (a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior)

 Context examples 

The axons of olfactory receptor cells extend into the olfactory bulb.

(Olfactory bulb, NCI Thesaurus)

The olfactory bulb contains several types of nerve cells including the mitral cells, on whose dendrites the olfactory nerve synapses, forming the olfactory glomeruli.

(Olfactory bulb, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The olfactory bulbs receive information about smells from the nose and send it to the brain by way of the olfactory tracts.

(Olfactory bulb, NCI Dictionary)

An experimental concept that relates to the anterior region of the olfactory bulb.

(Anterior Olfactory Lobule, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuregulin-2 is primarily found in granule cells in the cerebellum, hippocampus, and olfactory bulb.

(Neuregulin 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Their unmyelinated axons synapse in the olfactory bulb of the brain.

(Murine Olfactory Receptor Neurons, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.

(Nasal Turbinate, NCI Thesaurus)

A specialized, fusiform nerve cell with a large nucleus, embedded among the epithelial cells in the mucous membrane of the nose; it carries impulses from the olfactory receptors to the glomeruli in the olfactory bulb.

(Olfactory Receptor Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The accessory olfactory bulb, which receives the projection from the VOMERONASAL ORGAN via the vomeronasal nerve, is also included here.

(Olfactory bulb, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

There are two olfactory bulbs on the bottom side of the brain, one above each nasal cavity.

(Olfactory bulb, NCI Dictionary)