olfactory bulb
- the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
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Origin of olfactory bulb
First recorded in 1865–70
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olfactory bulb
- the anterior and slightly enlarged end of the olfactory tract, from which the cranial nerves concerned with the sense of smell originate
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olfactory bulb
- The bulblike distal end of the olfactory lobe where the olfactory nerves begin.
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