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n. - A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals.

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  • HOLISTIC MEDICINE called rhinencephalon and was thought to be concerned with olfaction
  • The indusium is usually considered as a rudimentary part of the rhinencephalon.
  • It should be premised that Elliot Smith divides the brain into rhinencephalon and neopallium.
  • The olfactory center in the cortex is generally associated with the rhinencephalon (page 826).
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