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olfactory pit [äl′fak·trē ‚pit]

(embryology)

A depression near the olfactory placode in the embryo that develops into part of the nasal cavity. Also known as nasal pit.

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No references found			In this case, the additional olfactory pit that formed was clearly smaller than the normal olfactory pits. Supernumerary nostril with congenital cataract by Bit, Utpal Kumar / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal By its nose: Water flows in through one of two olfactory pits (nostrils not connected to the throat) and flows out the other. Saving salmon why care? Dams serve vital human needs but may harm ... by Hamel, Owen Sprague / Science World SA Who would have thought that such a delightful treasure trove of a book could have resulted from plumbing the depths of understanding of the olfactory pits inside the nose--once thought to be vestigial organs? Watson, Lyall. Jacobson's organ and the remarkable nature of smell by Levine, Gloria / Kliatt			Olesha, Iurii Karlovich Olesha, Yuri Olesko Olesnicki, Zbigniew Oleta River State Park Olethreutidae Olety Oleum oleum gossypii seminis oleum morrhuae oleum theobromatis Olevsk oleyl alcohol Olfaction olfactoreceptor olfactory Olfactory Analyzer olfactory aura olfactory bulb olfactory cell olfactory foramen olfactory gland olfactory lobe Olfactory Nerve Olfactory Organ olfactory pit olfactory region olfactory stalk olfactory tract Olga Olga Afanasevna Varentsova Olga Aleksandrovna Shleisner Olga Androvskaia Olga Antonovna Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaia Olga Bardina Olga Berggolts Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaia Olga Diptan Olga Dmitrievna Forsh Olga Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaia Olga Fedorovna Berggolts Olga Forsh Olga Gulazian Olga Gulf Olga Iakovlevna Kusenko Olga Iulianovna Kobylianskaia Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaia Olga Ivanovna Skorokhodova Olga Klimentevna Diptan Olga Knipper-Chekhova Olga Kobylianskaia			olfactory membrane olfactory membrane olfactory modality Olfactory mucosa Olfactory mucosa Olfactory mucosa olfactory nerve olfactory nerve olfactory nerve olfactory nerve Olfactory Nerve and Glomerular Layer Olfactory nerve diseases Olfactory nerve diseases Olfactory nerve diseases Olfactory nerves Olfactory nerves Olfactory nerves olfactory neuroblastoma olfactory neuroblastoma olfactory neuroblastoma olfactory organ olfactory organ olfactory organ olfactory organ olfactory peduncle olfactory peduncle olfactory peduncle olfactory perception olfactory perception olfactory perception olfactory pit Olfactory pits Olfactory pits Olfactory placode Olfactory placode olfactory property Olfactory receptor Olfactory receptor Olfactory receptor Olfactory receptor olfactory receptor cell Olfactory Receptor-Like Protein Olfactory receptors Olfactory Reference Syndrome olfactory region olfactory rod olfactory rod olfactory rod olfactory rod olfactory rod olfactory sensation Olfactory sense Olfactory sense Olfactory sense olfactory stalk olfactory sulcus Olfactory system Olfactory system Olfactory system Olfactory tract Olfactory tract

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