"Olfactory Bulb" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009830
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.464.699.573 A08.186.211.730.885.600.573
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| Concept/Terms |
Olfactory Bulb- Olfactory Bulb
- Bulb, Olfactory
- Bulbs, Olfactory
- Olfactory Bulbs
Accessory Olfactory Bulb- Accessory Olfactory Bulb
- Accessory Olfactory Bulbs
- Bulb, Accessory Olfactory
- Bulbs, Accessory Olfactory
- Olfactory Bulb, Accessory
- Olfactory Bulbs, Accessory
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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