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olfactory nerve

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Nerve that carries information from the olfactory epithelium to the olfactory bulb[Butler and Hodos]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_nerve ]

Term info

Label

olfactory nerve

Synonyms
  • first cranial nerve
  • nervus olfactorius [i]
  • olfactory I
  • olfactory i nerve
  • olfactory nerve [I]
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

abbreviation
1n [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1319 ]

latin term
nervus olfactorius [i] [ FMA : TA FMA : 46787 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Gray771.png

external definition

Nerve that carries information from the olfactory epithelium through the olfactory bulb to the olfactory cortex of the telencephalon.[AAO], Segment of neural tree organ which is continuous with the olfactory epithelium and an olfactory bulb[FMA:46787]., The 1st cranial nerve. The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of smell. It is formed by the axons of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS which project from the olfactory epithelium (in the nasal epithelium) to the OLFACTORY BULB[MESH:A08.800.800.120.640].

has related synonym

olfactory fila, nerve of smell, nervus olfactorius, nerve I, CN-I, cranial nerve I, olfactoria fila, fila olfactoria

homology notes

We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001579

taxon notes

connects to main OB (in taxa where main/accessory distinction is important)