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Specialized cells found at the top of the nasal cavity which converts a smell detected by the olfactory hairs into tiny electrical signals. The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. Sensory cells in our nose, mouth, and throat have...
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Nerves which connect to the nostrils to provide one’s sense of smell. The nerve that carries impulses for the sense of smell from the nose to the brain. The olfactory nerve is the first cranial nerve.
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The tract of nerve fibers in the olfactory lobe that passes from the olfactory bulb to the olfactory trigone. One of two structures containing neurons which carry the “smell” from the olfactory cells, where it has been converted into an electrical signal,...
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A specialist in oncology A specialist in the study or science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biologic properties and features of neoplasms (abnormal tissue growth or cancer), including causation, pathogenesis, and treatment.
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The study of cancer. The study or science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biologic properties and features of neoplasms (abnormal tissue growth or cancer), including causation, pathogenesis, and treatment.
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Impervious to light; not translucent or only slightly so Impervious to light; not translucent or only slightly so
