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| Brain: Olfactory tract | ||
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| Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Olfactory tract visible at left.) | ||
| Latin | tractus olfactorius | |
| Gray's | subject #189 826 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-265 | |
The olfactory tract is a narrow white band, triangular on coronal section, the apex being directed upward.
It lies in the olfactory sulcus on the inferior surface of the frontal lobe, and divides posteriorly into two striæ, a medial and a lateral.
- The lateral olfactory stria is directed across the lateral part of the anterior perforated substance and then bends abruptly medialward toward the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus.
- The medial olfactory stria turns medialward behind the parolfactory area and ends in the subcallosal gyrus; in some cases a small intermediate stria is seen running backward to the anterior perforated substance.
Additional images
 The arteries of the base of the brain. |
 Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain. |
 Base of brain. |
 Plan of olfactory neurons. |
 The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches. |
 Human brainstem anterior view |
External links
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n1a2p13
- Cranial Nerves at Yale 1-4
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-1
- Diagram at thebrain.mcgill.ca
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