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Olfactory Nerve

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Definition: The 1st cranial nerve. The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of smell. It is formed by the axons of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS which project from the olfactory epithelium (in the nasal epithelium) to the OLFACTORY BULB.  neopl    Other names First Cranial Nerve; Cranial Nerve I; Olfactory Nerves; Nerves, Olfactory; Nerves, First Cranial; Nerve, Olfactory; Nerve, First Cranial; Nerve Is, Cranial; Nerve I, Cranial; Is, Cranial Nerve; I, Cranial Nerve; First Cranial Nerves; Cranial Nerves, First; Cranial Nerve, First; Cranial Nerve Is

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