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mitral cell
mitral cell A mitral cell is a nerve cell in the olfactory pathway whose dendrites receive incoming smell-related impulses in a glomerule.
A mitral cell is a nerve cell in the olfactory pathway whose dendrites receive incoming smell-related impulses in a glomerule. In this account, it serves as an early relay through which stimulation from the nasal lining can pass onward toward higher brain regions involved in smell.