Olfactory fiber bundle
Filum olfactorium
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Definition
The olfactory fiber bundle consists of those unmyelinated nerve fibers which, arise as the central processes of olfactory receptor cells. These fibers are encased in Schwann cells and converge to pass through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, ultimately reaching the olfactory bulb.
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References
Snell, R.S. (2010). ‘Chapter 11: The cranial nerve nuclei and their central connections and distribution’, in Clinical Neuroanatomy. (7th ed.) Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 335-336.
