Harry steps into his kitchen to find his father cooking bacon and eggs for the family's breakfast. The unique smells of the bacon and the eggs register in the receptor cells in ________.

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The unique smells of the bacon and the eggs are registered in the receptor cells in the nasal cavity. The temporal lobe is responsible for processing auditory information and the olfactory bulbs are responsible for processing odor information, but the receptor cells themselves are located in the nasal cavity. The thalamus does play a role in processing sensory information, but in this scenario, the initial detection of smell occurs in the nasal cavity.

Harry Steps into His Kitchen to Find His Father Cooking