Term Name: olfactory system
Synonyms:
Definition: Sensory system responsible for olfaction. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors.
Appears at: Segmentation:10-13 somites (14.0h-16.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001149]

Relationships
has parts: cranial nerve I olfactory bulb olfactory placode olfactory receptor cell peripheral olfactory organ
is a type of: sensory system

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