Smell+Vocabulary

nose - the organ responsible for smell nostrils - the two holes in your nose septum - the wall in your nose that separates the nostrils cartilage - flexible material that's firmer than skin or muscle, but not as hard as bone nasal cavity - The space that connects the inside of your nose with the back of your throat palate - the roof of your mouth trachea - your "windpipe" mucous membrane - the moist, thin layer of tissue that lines the inside of your nose mucous - the scientific name for snot cilia - tiny hairs inside your nose olfactory - a scientific name for smelling olfactory bulb - an area underneath the front part of your brain, just above the nasal cavity, that sends smell signals to other parts of the brain olfactory epithelium - contains smell receptors olfactory nerves - nerves that carry signals from the smell receptors in the olfactory epithelium to the olfactory bulb