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  2. Primary sensory areas - Wikipedia

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    Olfaction is the only sensory system that is not routed through the thalamus. Vision: The visual area known as V1, striate cortex, or (primary visual cortex, Brodmann area 17) is located on the calcarine sulcus deep within the inside folds of the occipital lobe.

  3. Sense of smell - Wikipedia

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    The sense of smell, or olfaction, [nb 1] is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived. [2] The sense of smell has many functions, including detecting desirable foods, hazards, and pheromones , and plays a role in taste .

  4. Dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway - Wikipedia

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    The first-order neurons are sensory neurons located in the dorsal root ganglia, that send their afferent fibers through the two dorsal columns. [3] The first-order axons make contact with second-order neurons of the dorsal column nuclei (the gracile nucleus and the cuneate nucleus) in the lower medulla.

  5. Thalamus - Wikipedia

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    (Medial view shows sagittal section through left thalamus.) The principal subdivision of the thalamus into nucleus groups is the trisection of each thalamus (left and right) by a Y-shaped internal medullary lamina. This trisection divides each thalamus into anterior, medial and lateral groups of nuclei. [8]

  6. Spinothalamic tract - Wikipedia

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    The lateral spinothalamic tract (or lateral spinothalamic fasciculus), is a bundle of afferent nerve fibers ascending through the white matter of the spinal cord, in the spinothalamic tract, carrying sensory information to the brain. It carries pain, and temperature sensory information (protopathic sensation) to the thalamus.

  7. Visual system - Wikipedia

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    About 90% of the axons in the optic nerve go to the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus. These axons originate from the M, P, and K ganglion cells in the retina, see above. This parallel processing is important for reconstructing the visual world; each type of information will go through a different route to perception.

  8. Amygdalofugal pathway - Wikipedia

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    The amygdala connects to the thalamus both through the amygdalofugal pathway and through a direct connection to the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus. [13] After leaving the substantia innominata , the ventral amygdalofugal pathway continues on a medial path to enter the septal region, the lateral preoptic area , the hypothalamus , and the ...

  9. Sensory nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Sense organs are transducers that convert data from the outer physical world to the realm of the mind where people interpret the information, creating their perception of the world around them. [ 1 ] The receptive field is the area of the body or environment to which a receptor organ and receptor cells respond.