loading...| Preferred Name |
cranial placode |
| Synonyms |
placode ectodermal cranial placode cranial placodes ectodermal placode |
| Definitions |
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. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002546 |
| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0010466 MAT:0000369 MIAA:0000369 XAO:0000305 EFO:0001650 FMA:293966 |
| definition |
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. |
| editor note |
Do not merge with neurogenic placode |
| has_broad_synonym |
placode ectodermal placode |
| has_exact_synonym |
ectodermal cranial placode |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
cranial placodes |
| id |
UBERON:0002546 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
cranial placode |
| notation |
UBERON:0002546 |
| only in taxon | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
cranial placode |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
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 |
| UBPROP_0000013 |
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 |
| subClassOf |