olfactory receptors

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• Olfactory receptor — Olfactory receptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons are responsible for the detection of odor molecules. Activated olfactory receptors are the initial player in a signal transduction cascade which ultimately produces …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory transduction — is a series of events in which odor molecules are detected by olfactory receptors and chemical signals are transformed into electrical signal to the brain where they are perceived as smells.[1] Once ligands (odorant particles) bind to specific… …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory tubercle — Latin tuberculum olfactorium The olfactory tubercle is a structure involved in Olfaction. It is present in humans, but much smaller than it is in some other animals. It is a frequent subject of research.[1][2] …   Wikipedia

• olfactory epithelium — n the nasal mucosa containing olfactory cells * * * a type of pseudostratified epithelium that lines the olfactory region of the nasal cavity and contains olfactory receptors. Schematic diagram of the receptors in the olfactory epithelium …   Medical dictionary

• Olfactory epithelium — Section of the olfactory mucous membrane. Plan of olfactory neurons …   Wikipedia

• olfactory cells — olfactory receptor cells a set of specialized, fusiform nerve cells with large nuclei, embedded among the epithelial cells in the mucous membrane of the nose; they carry impulses from the olfactory receptors to the glomeruli in the olfactory bulb …   Medical dictionary

• Olfactory sulcus — Brain: Olfactory sulcus Orbital surface of left frontal lobe. (Olfactory sulcus visible at upper left.) …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory system — The olfactory system is the sensory system used for olfaction, or the sense of smell. Most mammals and reptiles have two distinct parts to their olfactory system: a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory… …   Wikipedia

• olfactory receptor — ▪ anatomy also called  smell receptor         protein capable of binding odour molecules that plays a central role in the sense of smell (olfaction). These receptors (receptor) are common to arthropods (arthropod), terrestrial vertebrates… …   Universalium

• Olfactory receptor neuron — Neuron: Olfactory receptor neuron Labels in German. Zellen = cell , riech = smell , Riechnerv = olfactory nerve, cillien = cilia …   Wikipedia

• olfactory perception — noun the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form she loved the smell of roses • Syn: ↑smell, ↑odor, ↑odour, ↑olfactory sensation • Derivationally related forms: ↑odourise… …   Useful english dictionary