CN I Olfactory Flashcards
Olfactory nerves are often described as an extension of what system?
Central nerve system
The primary olfactory neurons are what type of neurons?
Bipolar
Where are primary olfactory neurons located?
In olfactory epithelium or mucosa on the superior nasal concha and the adjacent part of the ethmoidal perpendicular plate
What is below the perpendicular plate?
Septal cartilage
What is the superficial end of the olfactory neuron that slightly extends beyond the surface of the epithelium?
Olfactory vesicle
Each olfactory vesicle is attached by many of these
Olfactory cilia
What is the function of olfactory cilia?
Detect odorant
This is 15-20 bundles of nerve fibers of olfactory neurons
Fila olfactoria
The fila olfactoria passes through what opening of bone?
Cribriform plate of ethmoid
What are the secondary olfactory neurons that the fila olfactoria synapse with?
Mainly mitral cells and some tufted cells in the olfactory bulb
How long do we keep olfactory receptor neurons for?
They are continually replaced
List the layers of the laminar structure beginning at the surface working inward
Olfactory nerve layer, glomerular layer, external plexiform layer, mitral cell layer, internal plexiform layer, granule cell layer, and nerve fibers tract
This layer consists of unmyelinated axons of the olfactory neurons
Olfactory nerve layer
This layer has a thin sheet of glomeruli where the incoming olfactory axons divide and synapse on terminal dendrites of secondary neurons
Glomerular layer
Name some secondary olfactory neurons in the glomerular layer
Mitral, tufted, and periglomerular cells