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olfactory nerves

olfactory nerves is the plural of olfactory nerve.

Meaning of olfactory nerve

Noun

olfactory nerve (plural olfactory nerves)

  1. Either of the first of twelve paired cranial nerves which arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and carries information of the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the brain.

Questions about olfactory nerves

What is olfactory nerves the plural of?
Olfactory nerves is the plural of olfactory nerve.

Words near olfactory nerves in the dictionary

  1. olfactors
  2. olfactory
  3. olfactory kiss
  4. olfactory kisses
  5. olfactory nerve
  6. olfactory nerves
  7. olfactory organ
  8. olfactory organs
  9. olfactory reference syndrome
  10. olfactotoxic
  11. olfactotoxicant

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