Medical dictionary. 2011.
Mitral cell — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 848 Caption = Coronal section of olfactory bulb. Caption2 = Plan of olfactory neurons. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 18 DorlandsSuf = 12224182 Mitral cells… … Wikipedia
mitral cell layer — a thin layer in the olfactory bulb between the molecular layer and the internal granular layer, containing the bodies of the mitral cells … Medical dictionary
mitral cell — n any of the pyramidal cells of the olfactory bulb about which terminate numerous fibers from the olfactory cells of the nasal mucosa … Medical dictionary
mitral cell — noun : any of the pyramidal cells of the olfactory bulb about which terminate numerous fibers from the olfactory cells of the nasal mucosa … Useful english dictionary
Olfactory bulb mitral cell — Neuron: Mitral Cell Coronal section of olfactory bulb … Wikipedia
periglomerular cells — nerve cells in the olfactory bulb that have synaptic connections with glomeruli, mitral cells, and tufted cells, and are thought to act as dampers … Medical dictionary
granule cells — 1. diminutive stellate cells found chiefly in the granular layers of the cerebral and cerebellar cortices. 2. small nerve cells without axons, whose bodies are in the granular layer of the olfactory bulb; they have many dendrites that synapse… … Medical dictionary
Olfactory bulb — Brain: Olfactory bulb Vesalius Fabrica, 1543. Olfactory Bulbs and Olfactory tracts outlined in red … Wikipedia
Olfaction — Human olfactory system. 1: Olfactory bulb 2: Mitral cells 3: Bone 4: Nasal epithelium 5: Glomerulus (olfaction) 6: Olfactory receptor cells Olfaction (also known as olfactics; adjectival form: olfactory ) is the sense of smell. This sense is… … Wikipedia
chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by … Universalium
