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Olfactory
bulb
(Figure 11)
The electrical
signal, created
in the scent
cells as a re-
sult of various
chemical reac-
tions, reaches
the olfactory
Axon
bulb by mov-
ing along the
axon.

A Matchless Communication Center:
The Olfactory Bulb
The olfactory bulb is located in the anterior region of the brain, im-

mediately above the olfactory region and the skull. (Figure 12) There are
two bulbs, corresponding to the two olfactory regions, each about the size
of a pea. Despite their small size, however, they may be compared to a gi-
ant communications center in terms of the tasks they perform. All the sig-
nals from the scent receptors are first collected in this center. Millions of
units of data are re-ordered and then sent for interpretation by means of
special scent nerves to the scent cortex, hippocampus, amygdala and hy-
pothalamus in the brain. (Figure 13) The olfactory bulb, which is tiny is
where flawless coordination between the millions of olfactory cells takes

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)