ILOs

• Revise the anatomy of the nose and cribriform plates
• Revise the anatomy of the olfactory bulbs, nerves and cranial connections
• Revise the physiology of olfaction
• Revise the contribution of olfaction to appreciation of flavour

• Outline the structure of the nose and the basic functional anatomy
• Diagram showing us the cribriform plate
• How many smells can we identify?
• Let’s look at the olfactory receptors
• Explain what olfactory bulbs are
• Where does the olfactory nerve sit, and why is its projection a bit interesting?
• Diving deeper into the projections of the olfactory tract...
• Understand the functions of the different central projections from the olfactory nerve...
• Smell alters your mood etc in a way that no other sensory modality can...
• How do we test for smell?
• Outline the causes of anosmia
• What are the impacts of anosmia?
• Important concepts to take...
• Here’s a clinical scenario