by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.
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{Ga-na. path~tha-da.}
UMK-USL p41
n. (A.) sensory surface of the nose (covering an area shaped like a goat's hoof inside the nasal canal.
UKT: Myanmar spelling as given by UMK-USL is doubtful. Check with peers.PTS p446
passāda -- clearness, brightness, purity (referring to the "visibility" of the eye) ... In this sense also in abbhidhamma, with ref. to the eye in function of "sense organ, sense agency" sensitive surface (adapted )UKT addition: Olfactory receptors. You are able to detect thousands of different smells. The receptors that sense smells are called olfactory receptors. They occupy a stamp-sized area in the roof of your nasal cavity, the hollow space inside your nose.
Tiny hairs, made of nerve fibres, dangle from all your olfactory receptors. They are covered with a layer of mucus. If a smell, formed by chemicals in the air, dissolves in this mucus, the hairs absorb it and excite your olfactory receptors. A few molecules are enough to activate these extremely sensitive receptors. -- from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/smell/smell.shtml
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