olfactory organ

1. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract;
   The prominent part of the face of man or other mammals (synset 105605902)
   "he has a cold in the nose"
   is a type of: chemoreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
   subtypes:

   • neb, snout - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
   • rostrum, snout - beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
   • beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout - informal terms for the nose
   • conk - informal term for the nose
   • hawk nose - a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk
   • proboscis - the human nose (especially when it is large)
   • pug nose - a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
   • hooknose, roman nose - a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge
   has:

   • turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone - any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
   • arteria ethmoidalis, ethmoidal artery - a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule
   • nasal cavity - either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx
   • internasal suture, sutura internasalis - the suture between the two nasal bones
   • bridge - the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
   • anterior naris, nostril - either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
   is a part of:

   • upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea
   • face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
   same as: nose

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