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Glomerulus (olfaction) — This article is about the structure in the olfactory bulb. For the structure in the kidney, see Glomerulus. Glomerulus (olfaction) Coronal section of olfactory bulb … Wikipedia
Glomerulus (disambiguation) — Glomerulus is a common term used in anatomy to describe globular structures. It may refer to: * the filtering unit of the kidney; see Glomerulus. * the structure in the olfactory bulb; see Glomerulus (olfaction). * the contact between specific… … Wikipedia
Olfactory system — The olfactory system is the sensory system used for olfaction, or the sense of smell. Most mammals and reptiles have two distinct parts to their olfactory system: a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory… … Wikipedia
olfactory bulb — Anat. the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates. [1865 70] * * * ▪ anatomy structure located in the forebrain of vertebrates (vertebrate) that receives neural input about odours detected by… … Universalium
Glomerulus — A tiny ball shaped structure in the kidney composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The glomerulus is one of the key structures that make up the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney … Medical dictionary
Olfactory bulb — Brain: Olfactory bulb Vesalius Fabrica, 1543. Olfactory Bulbs and Olfactory tracts outlined in red … Wikipedia
synaptic glomerulus — a glomerulus formed by the coming together of a number of end feet around a central dendrite, all enclosed by a layer of neuroglial cells; found in the sensory nuclei of the thalamus, in the olfactory bulbs, and in a few other locations in the… … Medical dictionary
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
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
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
