An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: olfactory sense organ olfactory sensory organ olfactory organ
Term information
- VHOG:0000287
- FMA:77659
- BTO:0001772
- AAO:0010180
- XAO:0000273
- FBbt:00005158
functional_classification
An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
fma general anatomical term. xao has no subtypes (but Johnstons organ develops from this). An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
Term relations
- sense organ and capable of some detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell
- sense organ
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some olfactory receptor cell
- overlaps some olfactory system