Definition of olfactory organ Olfactory organ
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What does olfactory organ mean?
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| olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" | ||
| nose | ||
| chemoreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | ||
| human face, face a vertical surface of a building or cliff | ||
| upper respiratory tract the nose and throat and trachea | ||
| neb, snout a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | ||
| rostrum, snout a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | ||
| turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | ||
| arteria ethmoidalis, ethmoidal artery a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule | ||
| nasal cavity either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx | ||
| internasal suture, sutura internasalis the suture between the two nasal bones | ||
| schnoz, schnozzle, nozzle, snoot, honker, hooter, snout, beak a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged | ||
| conk informal term for the nose | ||
| hawk nose a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk | ||
| proboscis a long flexible snout as of an elephant | ||
| bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players | ||
| pug nose a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end | ||
| hooknose, roman nose a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge | ||
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