Quick Facts
Location: Located between the inferior surface of the cerebral cortex and the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.
Branches: Olfactory tract.
Supply: Conveys the sense of smell.
Related parts of the anatomy
Location
The olfactory bulb sits just intracranially to the cribriform plate. It receives input from olfactory nerves located in the nasal epithelium.
Branches
At its posterior margin, the olfactory bulb becomes the olfactory tract.
Supplied Structures
The olfactory bulb is sensory, organizing and conveying the sense of smell. Fibers from the olfactory bulb travel posteriorly in the olfactory tract to reach the olfactory cortex in the temporal lobe of the brain.
List of Clinical Correlates
- Anosmia
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Olfactory Bulb
The olfactory bulb processes information about an animal’s odor environment that is detected by olfactory sensory neurons in the nose and conveyed via mitral and tufted cells to other parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex.
