English > olfactory organ: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals. |
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| Synonym | nose |
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| Part of | face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
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| upper respiratory tract | The nose and throat and trachea |
| Parts | bridge | The hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose |
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| ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis | A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule |
| internasal suture, sutura internasalis | The suture between the two nasal bones |
| 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 |
| nostril, anterior naris | Either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose |
| turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal | Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates |
| Narrower | Roman nose, hooknose | A nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge |
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| beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz | informal terms for the nose |
| conk | informal term for the nose |
| hawk nose | A nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk |
| proboscis | The human nose (especially when it is large) |
| pug nose | A short nose |
| snout, neb | A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head |
| snout, rostrum | beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils |
| Broader | chemoreceptor | A sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli |
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| Spanish | nariz, olfato, órgano olfactivo |
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| Catalan | nas, olfacte, òrgan olfactiu |
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