Type of Nerve: |
Sensory
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Chief Function(s) of Nerve: |
Smell (olfaction)
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The olfactory bulbs are the second order
neurons of cranial nerve I. Second-order
neurons implies that these are the second neurons in the chain of olfactory
neurons carrying olfactory information to the brain. The olfactory nerves
themselves were left in the animal's nasal epithilium when the brain was removed
from the skull cavity.