Word Origin and History for philo- Expand. before vowels phil-, word-forming element meaning loving, fond of, tending to, from Greek philo-, comb. form of philos dear (adj.), friend (n.), from philein to love, of unknown origin. Productive of a great many compounds in ancient Greek.
One way to classify neurons is by the number of extensions that extend from the neuron's cell body (soma). Bipolar neurons have two processes extending from the cell body (examples: retinal cells, olfactory epithelium cells).
In general the olfactory tract can be divided in five major regions of the cerebrum: The anterior olfactory nucleus, the olfactory tubercle, the piriform cortex, the anterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala and the entorhinal cortex.