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olfactory nerve: the nerve that carries the impulse from the nose to the brain for interpretation.
omnivores: animals that consume both plants and animals.
oocytes: the developed oogonia in a female after the age of puberty.
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olfactory nerve
arises from the olfactory bulb and is associated with receiving and transmitting signals concerning the sense of smell.
omentum (pl. omenta)
A membrane that joins one internal organ to another.
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Some of the cranial nerves are "mixed", containing both sensory and motor axons
Some, e.g., the optic and olfactory nerves (numbers I and II) contain sensory axons only
Some, e.g. number III that controls eyeball muscles, contain motor axons only.
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