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Nose – Smell or Olfalcoception

• The nose is an olfactory organ.

• Our olfactory system helps us to perceive different smells.

• This sense of organ also aids our sense of taste.

• The sense of smell is also known as olfaction.

• The olfactory cells tend to line the top of your nasal cavity.

On one end, olfactory cells have cilia that project into the

nasal cavity and on the other end of the cell, are the

olfactory nerve fibres.

• As one breathes in, the air enters into the nasal cavity.