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posledela
3 years ago
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A patient is suffering from the inability to distinguish various types of odors. This patient may have damage to which ________

Biology
1 answer:
g100num [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The correct answer is- olfactory nerve(1)

Explanation:

Olfactory nerve is the first nerve out of the 12 cranial nerve that is located in the head and is also the shortest of all the cranial nerve. The receptors of the olfactory nerve are present in the nasal mucosa that passes to the forebrain.

It pass sensory information of smell to the brain so it plays the sensory function in smell perception. The damage to olfactory nerves can lead to:

Anosmia: In anosmia, people lose their ability to smell.

Hyposmia: In this condition, the ability to smell gets reduced.

Dysosmia: In this situation, people lost their ability to distinguish between various types of smell.

So the right answer is olfactory nerve(1).

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