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Descriptor English: Olfactory Mucosa
Descriptor Spanish: Mucosa Olfatoria
Descriptor mucosa olfatoria
Entry term(s) epitelio olfatorio
Scope note: Porción de la mucosa nasal que contiene las terminaciones del OLFATO, situada en el techo de la FOSAS NASALES. El epitelio olfativo amarillo-parduzco contiene NEURONAS RECEPTORAS OLFATORIAS, células ciliadas, CÉLULAS MADRE y las glándulas olfativas asociadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mucosa Olfatória
Descriptor French: Muqueuse olfactive
Entry term(s): Epithelium, Olfactory
Membrane, Olfactory
Membranes, Olfactory
Mucosa, Olfactory
Olfactory Epithelium
Olfactory Membrane
Olfactory Membranes
Tree number(s): A04.531.520.573
A04.760.600.640
A09.531.623
A10.615.550.760.600.640
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009831
Scope note: That portion of the nasal mucosa containing the sensory nerve endings for SMELL, located at the dome of each NASAL CAVITY. The yellow-brownish olfactory epithelium consists of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; brush cells; STEM CELLS; and the associated olfactory glands.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nasal Mucosa (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
Related: Vomeronasal Organ MeSH
DeCS ID: 27722
Unique ID: D009831
NLM Classification: WV 301
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Olfactory Mucosa - Preferred
Concept UI M0015253
Scope note That portion of the nasal mucosa containing the sensory nerve endings for SMELL, located at the dome of each NASAL CAVITY. The yellow-brownish olfactory epithelium consists of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; brush cells; STEM CELLS; and the associated olfactory glands.
Preferred term Olfactory Mucosa
Entry term(s) Membrane, Olfactory
Membranes, Olfactory
Mucosa, Olfactory
Olfactory Membrane
Olfactory Membranes
Olfactory Epithelium - Narrower
Concept UI M0333149
Preferred term Olfactory Epithelium
Entry term(s) Epithelium, Olfactory



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