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cranial placode
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Ectodermal placode that develops in the head into a part of the sensory nervous system. With a few exceptions (lens, adenohypophyseal), cranial placodes are neurogenic. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/135 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53175/ https://github.com/seger/aao/issues/4 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://sourceforge.net/p/obo/xenopus-anatomy-xao-term-requests/11/ ]
Term info
Label
cranial placode
Synonyms
- ectodermal cranial placode
Subsets
efo_slim
editor note
Do not merge with neurogenic placode
has broad synonym
placode, ectodermal placode
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
cranial placodes
id
UBERON:0002546
taxon notes
Comparisons of developmental gene expression suggest that the anterior ectoderm in amphioxus may be homologous to the vertebrate olfactory placode, the only vertebrate placode with primary, not secondary, neurons
terminology notes
The term placode or placodes also applies to developing organs such as teeth, mammary glands, hair follicles, feathers and scales. We include a separate parent class for this. to avoid confusion, we include neurogenic placode as a subclass