MEDICAL
NERVES
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Olfactory-I
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Optic-II
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Oculomotor-III
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Facial-VII
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Detailed explanation-1: -Olfactory sense is, in terms of evolution, one of the oldest senses, allowing the organisms with receptors for the odorant to identify food, potential mating partners, dangers and enemies. For most living creatures and for mankind smell is one of the most important ways of interaction with the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The olfactory nerve is the first cranial nerve (CN I). It is a sensory nerve that functions for the sense of smell.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alongside taste, hearing, touch and sight, smell is one of the five senses with which we experience food. We perceive smells through our nose, via the fragrances that enter together with the air we breathe in. This is known as orthonasal olfaction.