Olfaction is known as the sense of smell. Human olfaction can be learned about when studying animals because the systems work very similarly.

Rhinal means relating to the part of the brain concerned with olfaction

The word olfaction is the word that describes how the sense of smell works. It means that a person or thing has the ability to smell things.

The medical term for 'sense of smell' is olfaction. It can also be called osmesis or osphresis.

The olfactory nerve which is also cranial nerve number 1 is responsible for the sense of olfaction.