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Sense of smell: History & Culture

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

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Sense of smell topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Culture as prominent areas in the source structure around Sense of smell.

Related topics
216
Source areas
12
Connected nodes
228
Extracted relationships
39
Concept neighborhoods
39
Bridge connections
228

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Physiological basis in vertebrates · 70 topics
Function · 36 topics
Variability amongst vertebrates · 22 topics
Disorders · 17 topics
History of study · 16 topics
In insects · 16 topics
Overview · 16 topics
Machine-based smelling · 9 topics
Culture · 5 topics
Genetics · 5 topics
Classification · 2 topics
In plants · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Function
sense chemicals in the environment that are used to form the sense of smell
MeSH
D012903
System
Olfactory system

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History of study

Function

Genetics

Variability amongst vertebrates

Physiological basis in vertebrates

In insects

In plants

Machine-based smelling

Culture

Classification

Disorders

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Sense of smell connects Entity context

The extracted context around Sense of smell shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Sense of smell → Also, Although, Among, Figures, Having, It, That, The, These, This, VOCs Another extracted example is Sense of smell → Aroma, In, In Search, Japan, Kōdō, Lost Time, Proust, The, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Sense of smell

Top relations

related to Variability amongst vertebrates · 11
Sense of smell → Also, Although, Among, Figures, Having, It, That, The, These, This, VOCs
related to Culture · 9
Sense of smell → Aroma, In, In Search, Japan, Kōdō, Lost Time, Proust, The, This
related to history · 7
Sense of smell → As, BC, Early, Eleanor Gamble, Epicurean, Lucretius, Roman
related to Disorders · 6
Sense of smell → Anosmia, Heterosmia, Olfactory, Sjögren's, Specific, This
Function · 1
Sense of smell → sense chemicals in the environment that are used to form the sense of smell
MeSH · 1
Sense of smell → D012903
System · 1
Sense of smell → Olfactory system

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

olfactory odor smell sense receptor system brain bulb odors receptors also different neurons odorant sensory insects taste cortex detect many

Sense of smell relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 39 structured relationships around Sense of smell. Examples in this analysis include Sense of smell → Function → sense chemicals in the environment that are used to form the sense of smell and Sense of smell → MeSH → D012903. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sense of smellFunctionsense chemicals in the environment that are used to form the sense of smell1.00infobox
Sense of smellMeSHD0129031.00infobox
Sense of smellSystemOlfactory system1.00infobox
a layout corresponding to chemical featuresinstance ofand similar analogies have been made in smell with concepts0.80text
dodder make use of this in locating their preferred hostsinstance ofParasites0.80text
locking on to theminstance ofParasites0.80text
Sense of smellrelated to CultureIn0.60section
Sense of smellrelated to CultureThe0.60section
Sense of smellrelated to CultureThis0.60section
Sense of smellrelated to CultureJapan0.60section
Sense of smellrelated to CultureKōdō0.60section
Sense of smellrelated to CultureAroma0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Sense of smell bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Smell, Including and Taste. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Sense of smell
    • Smell
    • Including
    • Taste
    • Many
    • Brain
    • Olfaction
    • System
    • Different
    • Odors
    • Function
    • Human
    • Use
  • sense of smell
    • Smell
    • Taste
    • Including
    • Many
    • Brain
    • Olfaction
    • System
    • Use
    • Different
    • Odors
    • Function
    • Human
  • odor
    • Receptor
    • Molecules
    • Olfactory
    • Odors
    • Different
    • System
    • Perception
    • Cortex
    • Bulb
    • Genes
    • Function
    • Mammals
  • receptor
    • Odorant
    • Molecules
    • Human
    • Bulb
    • One
    • Neurons
    • System
    • Genes
    • Glomeruli
    • Function
    • Mammals
    • Chemical
  • olfactory system
    • Bulb
    • System
    • Neurons
    • Sensory
    • Stimuli
    • Perception
    • Also
    • Receptors
    • Receptor
    • Axons
    • Epithelium
    • Brain
  • olfactory bulb
    • Bulb
    • Olfactory
    • Axons
    • Glomeruli
    • Cortex
    • System
    • Neurons
    • Sensory
    • Also
    • Receptors
    • Receptor
    • Epithelium
  • traumatic brain injury
    • Sense
    • Olfactory
    • Receptors
    • Many
    • Perception
    • Smell
    • Sensory
    • Odorant
    • Different
    • Neurons
    • Odors
    • Bulb
  • odor reception
    • Receptor
    • Molecules
    • Olfactory
    • Odors
    • Different
    • System
    • Perception
    • Cortex
    • Bulb
    • Genes
    • Function
    • Mammals

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Sense of smell, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sense of smell with Physiological basis in vertebrates. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Sense of smellPhysiological basis in vertebrates · splits 158 ⟂ 71
Sense of smellFunction · splits 192 ⟂ 37
Sense of smellVariability amongst vertebrates · splits 206 ⟂ 23
Sense of smellDisorders · splits 211 ⟂ 18
Sense of smellOverview · splits 212 ⟂ 17
Sense of smellHistory of study · splits 212 ⟂ 17
Sense of smellIn insects · splits 212 ⟂ 17
Sense of smellMachine-based smelling · splits 219 ⟂ 10
Sense of smellGenetics · splits 223 ⟂ 6
Sense of smellCulture · splits 223 ⟂ 6
Sense of smellIn plants · splits 226 ⟂ 3
Sense of smellClassification · splits 226 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Sense of smell

Nodes229
Edges228
Triples39
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008734
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Sense of smell to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Culture, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Sense of smell · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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