The Palm Springs stadium was once the spring training site of the Major League Baseball California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) of the American League from 1961 to 1993.
These cells transmit messages to the brain, where specific smells or tastes are identified. 1  Olfactory (smell nerve) cells are stimulated by the odors around usthe fragrance from a rose, the smell of bread baking. 2  Gustatory (taste nerve) cells are clustered in the taste buds of the mouth and throat.
Smell and the Structure of the Nasal Cavity Inside your nose is an open area called the nasal cavity. On the roof of the nasal cavity are special sensory cells called olfactory receptor cells. They extend through small holes in the bony roof of the nasal cavity (the ethmoid bone of the skull). This sieve-like structure is called the cribriform plate.