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Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Olfactory Nerve

Preferred term

Olfactory Nerve  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cranial Nerve, First
  • Cranial Nerve I
  • Cranial Nerve Is
  • Cranial Nerves, First
  • Fila Olfactoria
  • First Cranial Nerve
  • First Cranial Nerves
  • Nerve, First Cranial
  • Nerve I, Cranial
  • Nerve Is, Cranial
  • Nervus Olfactorius
  • Olfactory Fila

Note

  • diseases = OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASES; neoplasms = OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASES + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm

Scope note

  • The 1st cranial nerve. The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of smell. It is formed by the axons of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS which project from the olfactory epithelium (in the nasal epithelium) to the OLFACTORY BULB.

In other languages

  • hajuhermo

    Finnish

  • 1. aivohermo
  • ensimmäinen aivohermo
  • I aivohermo
  • n. olfactorius
  • nervus olfactorius
  • olfactorius
  • Luktnerv

    Swedish

  • 1:a kranialnerv
  • Nervus olfactorius
  • Olfaktoriusnerv

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009832

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