Meaning | A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior. |
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Synonym | olfactory brain |
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Parts | olfactory bulb | One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities |
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pyriform area, piriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobe | pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon |
Broader | center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre | A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
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Spanish | rinencéfalo |
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