a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
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The olfactory tract was large.
Pascaline Lauters, Martine Vercauteren, Yuri L. Bolotsky, Pascal Godefroit 2013, 'Cranial Endocast of the Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurid Amurosaurus riabinini from the AmurRegion, Russia', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0078899. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Each group occupied distinct parts of the lateral olfactory tract.
Shin Nagayama, Shin Nagayama, Allicia Enerva, Max L Fletcher, Max L Fletcher, MaxL Fletcher, Arjun V Masurkar, Kei M Igarashi, Kei M Igarashi, Kensaku Mori, WeiR Chen, Wei R Chen 2010, 'Differential Axonal Projection of Mitral and Tufted Cells in the Mouse Main OlfactorySystem', Frontiers in Neural Circuitshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2010.00120/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bifrontal craniotomy approach used to be associated with a high percentage of olfactory tract damage.
Paulo H. Aguiar, Guilherme A. Pulici, Leonardo O. Lourenco, Juan A.C. Flores, ValterA. Cescato 2002, 'Preservation of the olfactory tract in bifrontal craniotomy Preservação do trato olfatórioem craniotomias bifrontais', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The olfactory tract was absent and the superficial origins of most of the cranial nerves were not discernible.
S. Mukaratirwa, S.T. Sayi 2006, 'Partial facial duplication (diprosopus) in a goat kid : clinical communication', Journal of the South African Veterinary Associationhttps://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/339. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)