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olfactory tract

a band of nerve fibers that originates in the olfactory bulb and extends backward along the bottom side of the frontal lobe of the brain to a point called the olfactory trigone, at which point the tract divides into three strands leading to the medial and lateral olfactory gyri and the olfactory tubercle. See also lateral olfactory tract.

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anthropometry

anthropometry

n.

1. the scientific study of how the size and proportions of the human body are affected by such variables as age, sex, and ethnicity.

2. the taking of measurements of the human body for purposes of comparison and study. —anthropometric adj. —anthropometrist n.