Learn how the olfactory bulb in the brain processes the information from the olfactory receptors lining the nose
The olfactory bulb of the brain processes information from the olfactory receptors lining the nose.
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NARRATOR: Human beings can distinguish more than 10,000 different smells. The organs of smell are hidden inside the nose. The walls of the nasal cavity are lined with millions of smell sensors. These olfactory receptors are nerve cells. As odoriferous molecules contained in the air that we breathe enter the nose, the olfactory receptors emit a neural message. This message is carried via the skull to the olfactory bulb, a nerve structure that relays the information to the cerebrum.
The conscious representation of perceived smell is generated in regions deep within the brain. Since some of these regions are also involved in memory, a single smell may instantaneously evoke a past event in our life.
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NARRATOR: Human beings can distinguish more than 10,000 different smells. The organs of smell are hidden inside the nose. The walls of the nasal cavity are lined with millions of smell sensors. These olfactory receptors are nerve cells. As odoriferous molecules contained in the air that we breathe enter the nose, the olfactory receptors emit a neural message. This message is carried via the skull to the olfactory bulb, a nerve structure that relays the information to the cerebrum.
The conscious representation of perceived smell is generated in regions deep within the brain. Since some of these regions are also involved in memory, a single smell may instantaneously evoke a past event in our life.
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