Smell Flashcards
1
Q
Describe the olfactory pathway.
A
Axons from olfactory cells (1st order) > glomeruli in olfactory bulb (2) which travels along the CN I > divide into the medial and lateral olfractory striae which go to the medial and lateral olfactory areas
2
Q
What composes the medial olfactory area?
A
septal nuclei
3
Q
What composes the lateral olfactory area?
A
prepyriform and pyriform cortex, cortex over the amygdala nucelus
