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Many tiny hair-like [[cilia]] protrude from the olfactory receptor cell's dendrite into the [[mucus]] covering the surface of the olfactory epithelium. The surface of these cilia is covered with [[olfactory receptor]]s, a type of [[G protein-coupled receptor]]. Each olfactory receptor cell [[Gene expression|expresses]] only one type of olfactory receptor (OR), but many separate olfactory receptor cells express ORs which bind the same set of odors. The axons of olfactory receptor cells which express the same OR converge to form [[glomerulus (olfaction)|glomeruli]] in the [[olfactory bulb]]. |
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Many tiny hair-like [[cilia]] protrude from the olfactory receptor cell's dendrite into the [[mucus]] covering the surface of the olfactory epithelium. The surface of these cilia is covered with [[olfactory receptor]]s, a type of [[G protein-coupled receptor]]. Each olfactory receptor cell [[Gene expression|expresses]] only one type of olfactory receptor (OR), but many separate olfactory receptor cells express ORs which bind the same set of odors. The axons of olfactory receptor cells which express the same OR converge to form [[glomerulus (olfaction)|glomeruli]] in the [[olfactory bulb]]eddie is awesome. |
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