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Olfactory Pathways

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Definition: Set of nerve fibers conducting impulses from olfactory receptors to the cerebral cortex. It includes the OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY BULB; olfactory tract, olfactory tubercle, anterior perforated substance, and olfactory cortex. The term rhinencephalon is restricted to structures in the CNS receiving fibers from the olfactory bulb.     
Examples Islands of Calleja; Olfactory Bulb 		Other names Rhinencephalon; Olfactory Tubercle; Olfactory Tract; Olfactory Cortex; Anterior Perforated Substance; Tubercles, Olfactory; Tubercle, Olfactory; Tracts, Olfactory; Tract, Olfactory; Substances, Anterior Perforated; Substance, Anterior Perforated; Rhinencephalons; Perforated Substances, Anterior; Perforated Substance, Anterior; Pathways, Olfactory; Pathway, Olfactory; Olfactory Tubercles; Olfactory Tracts; Olfactory Pathway; Cortex, Olfactory

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