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Problems with Smell
About Problems with Smell
How Our Sense of
Smell Work
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is part of our chemical sensing
system, along with the sense of taste. Normal smell occurs when
odors around us, like the fragrance of flowers or the smell of
baking bread, stimulate the specialized sensory cells, called
olfactory sensory cells. Olfactory sensory cells are located in a
small patch of tissue high inside the nose. Odors reach the
olfactory sensory cells in two pathways. The first pathway is by
inhaling, or sniffing, through your nose. When people think about
smell, they generally think of this pathway.
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