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Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: thedoc on 12/12/2016 09:53:01

Title: How do smells detected by the nose reach the brain?
Post by: thedoc on 12/12/2016 09:53:01

rachael harper  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
When an eletrical impulse is triggered off which part of the brain does it go to? Also, what nerve does it connect to?

What do you think?

Title: Re: How do smells detected by the nose reach the brain?
Post by: evan_au on 12/12/2016 14:37:29

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_nerve

This nerve passes through tiny holes in a bone called the cribriform plate; a sharp impact to the face can shear off the olfactory nerves, and cause a loss of the sense of smell.