olfactory lobe

noun

, Anatomy.

the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.

First recorded in 1855–60

Rhinencephalon, rī-nen-sef′a-lon, n. the olfactory lobe of the brain.

On the right side is seen the olfactory nerve coming off from the olfactory lobe.

The region of cerebrum thus developed is the so-called olfactory lobe and hippocampal formation.

Of the archipallium, the portion which constitutes the olfactory lobe is well formed in the selachian fish.

Signs indicative of injury to the olfactory lobe were occasionally observed.

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