olfactory receptor cells
Very slender nerve cell’s, with large nuclei and surmounted by six to eight long, sensitive cilia in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nose; they are the receptors for smell.
Synonym: olfactory cells, schultze’s cells.
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