Preferred Label : olfactory bulb;
MeSH definition : Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory
nerve terminates. The olfactory bulb contains several types of nerve cells including
the mitral cells, on whose dendrites the olfactory nerve synapses, forming the olfactory
glomeruli. The accessory olfactory bulb, which receives the projection from the VOMERONASAL
ORGAN via the vomeronasal nerve, is also included here.;
MeSH synonym : bulbs, olfactory; bulb, olfactory; olfactory bulbs; Main Olfactory Bulb; Bulb, Main Olfactory; Bulbs, Main Olfactory; Main Olfactory Bulbs; Olfactory Bulb, Main; Olfactory Bulbs, Main; Bulbus Olfactorius; Olfactorius, Bulbus;
MeSH hyponym : Olfactory Glomerulus; Glomerulus, Olfactory;
Related MeSH term : accessory olfactory bulb; olfactory tract; Olfactory Tracts; Tract, Olfactory; Tracts, Olfactory; Lateral Olfactory Tract; Lateral Olfactory Tracts; Olfactory Tract, Lateral; Olfactory Tracts, Lateral; Tract, Lateral Olfactory; Tracts, Lateral Olfactory; Accessory Olfactory Bulbs; Bulb, Accessory Olfactory; Bulbs, Accessory Olfactory; Olfactory Bulb, Accessory; Olfactory Bulbs, Accessory;
MeSH annotation : neoplasms: coordinate IM with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM) histological type of neoplasm
(IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory bulb;
Origin ID : D009830;
UMLS CUI : C0028936;
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Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory
nerve terminates. The olfactory bulb contains several types of nerve cells including
the mitral cells, on whose dendrites the olfactory nerve synapses, forming the olfactory
glomeruli. The accessory olfactory bulb, which receives the projection from the VOMERONASAL
ORGAN via the vomeronasal nerve, is also included here.
