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This is a diagram of the relative location of cribiform plate, olfactory bulb and olfactory epithelium located at the roof of the nasal cavity. This image highlight the relative anatomical position of these structures and show the pathway of odour compounds. Odours react with receptors in the epithelium resulting in neural signal traveling to the olfactory cortex of the brain through the cribiform plate and olfactory bulb. This pathway enables the central nervous system to interpret the smell of different odours.

Image is self drawn by Student based on information from the text description from :Treloar HB, Miller AM, Ray A, et al. Development of the Olfactory System. In: Menini A, editor. The Neurobiology of Olfaction. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 2010. Chapter 5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55972/

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