HyperDic: olfactory_brain

English > 1 sense of the expression olfactory brain:
NOUNbodyolfactory brain, rhinencephalona center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals
English > olfactory brain: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior.
Synonymrhinencephalon
Partsolfactory bulbOne of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities
pyriform area, piriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobepear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
Broadercenter, centre, nerve center, nerve centreA cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
Spanishrinencéfalo

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