A cranial placode which, once specified, invaginates to form an otic cup, which eventually separates from the surface ectoderm to form the otic vesicle or otocyst, a rounded structure without appar- ent polarity. As the otic placode invaginates into a cup neuroblasts delaminate from the anterior ventral aspect of the otic epithelium to give rise to neurons of the vestibulocochlear (statoacoustic) ganglion of cranial nerve VIII[NBK]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otic_placode NCBIBook:NBK53175 ]
Synonyms: placoda otica
Term information
- EHDAA:506
- AAO:0011079
- VHOG:0000235
- TAO:0000138
- ZFA:0000138
- NCIT:C34239
- FMA:293973
- EMAPA:16195
- EHDAA2:0001339
- EFO:0003429
- XAO:0000223
- Wikipedia:Otic_placode
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
ear placode
octaval placode
octaval VIII placode
ear/otic placode
auditory placode