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ShareOlfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water).
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In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium located in the nasal cavity and first processed by the olfactory bulb in the olfactory system.
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