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> but it seems there's a misunderstanding of anatomy here yes, I agree and it also is worth mentioning that it is being communicated poorly in many forums wher
by vmception 5y ago
> but it seems there's a misunderstanding of anatomy here
yes, I agree and it also is worth mentioning that it is being communicated poorly in many forums where people also misunderstand this
olfactory = smell
people, myself included, think there are filaments in our nose (the parts we can see and stick our fingers into) that this is referring to. great opportunity for more anatomically minded people to explain this better.
- bredren 5y agoOur science museum, OMSI, in Portland used to have this giant nose you could crawl in and learn about it. I don’t remember stuff explaining nerves or how smell is connected to the brain but it was fun to go inside.
- shkkmo 5y ago> people, myself included, think there are filaments in our nose (the parts we can see and stick our fingers into) that this is referring to. The confusion may be due to the fact that olfactory sensory nerves have their cell bodies (with the smell receptors on cillia) in the nose. Like many peripheral nerve cells, these cells also extend directly into the brian via their axons. In this case, those axons extend via the olfactory tract into the olfactory bulb in the brain. These areas (tract and bulb) are where the paper indicates axon damage was found.