olfactory epithelium in dogs
A sensory epithelium inside the nasal cavity that is responsible for detecting odors[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the olfactory epithelium is
A sensory epithelium inside the nasal cavity that is responsible for detecting odors[WP]. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the dog.
Where the olfactory epithelium is
It sits in the head, within the nervous, respiratory and sensory systems. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the olfactory epithelium connects to
The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 9 kinds of connection. part of olfactory segment of nasal mucosa, peripheral nervous system and somatic nervous system.
Supply and innervation
Innervation: olfactory nerve.
Also called
Also recorded as main olfactory epithelium, nasal cavity olfactory epithelium, olfactory membrane, olfactory sensory epithelium, sensory olfactory epithelium and MOE, and 3 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001997, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: olfactory segment of nasal mucosa, peripheral nervous system and somatic nervous system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure, atypical epithelium, epithelium, nasal cavity epithelium and simple columnar epithelium.
- Develops from: external ectoderm, head and olfactory placode.
- contributes to morphology of: nose and olfactory system.
- located in: nasal cavity and septal olfactory organ.
- participates in: Olfaction.
- develops into: epithelium of vomeronasal organ.
- Innervated by: olfactory nerve.
Questions
Where is the olfactory epithelium?
It sits in the head, within the nervous, respiratory and sensory systems. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the olfactory epithelium connect to?
Part of: olfactory segment of nasal mucosa, peripheral nervous system and somatic nervous system.
Is the olfactory epithelium the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.