ZFIN GO: Biological Process: sensory perception of smell

OBO ID: GO:0007608

Term Name:	sensory perception of smell		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	olfaction scent perception sense of smell smell perception
Definition:	The series of events required for an organism to receive an olfactory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors. This is a neurological process.
References:	Wikipedia:Olfaction
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

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has parts:	detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Show first 5 Terms
is a type of:	sensory perception of chemical stimulus sensory perception of chemical stimulus Show first 5 Terms

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