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olfactory system |
parts of the nose and the pathway that transfer olfactory information to the brain |
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direct connection to the limbic system: |
olfactory information does not travel through the thalamus, but goes directly to brain areas involved in memory and emotion |
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olfactory receptor cells |
tiny neurons in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity, where odorants bind and result in transduction – olfactory axons then travel through bone to olfactory bulb |
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chemical energy |
chemical molecules floating in the air which we smell or dissolved in the saliva which we taste |
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olfactory bulb |
area of the brain which collects information and passes it on to other brain areas for processing in the limbic system |
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odorants |
tiny molecules of substances that have been released into the air |
