olfactory nerves
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Then, they used those models to measure the area of a bony structure in the skull known as the cribriform plate, which is perforated by olfactory nerves that shuttle scent information to the brain.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2024
COVID-19 can also affect the trigeminal and olfactory nerves which affect the sense of smell. which is not typical with the West Nile infection.
From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2020
Hydrogen sulfide is particularly deceptive because it paralyzes the olfactory nerves; after a short exposure, one does not smell it.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Its telltale rotten-egg smell, screamingly obvious at 10 parts per million, disappears at concentrations above 150 parts per million; the olfactory nerves become paralyzed.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2013
It is neither clean nor well built, while sights and smells the reverse of agreeable are constantly distressing the optic and olfactory nerves.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
