olfactory tract

British  

noun

1. a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum

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Example Sentences

It showed that the receptor NRP1, present on nerve cells both in the brain and in the olfactory tract, couples with an enzyme on the surface of these cells called furin that permits viral passage.

From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2021

The olfactory tract axons from the olfactory bulb project directly to the cerebral cortex, along with the limbic system and hypothalamus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The group of axons called the olfactory tract connect to the olfactory bulb on the ventral surface of the frontal lobe.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In fact, experts believe that the condition actually begins with a loss of smell and a degeneration of nerves in the olfactory tract, then proceeds to the gut and brain stem.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, as this stretching involves the gray matter without lessening the number of nerve-fibres in the olfactory tract, the peduncle becomes practically what it is usually called—i.e., the olfactory 'tract.'

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock