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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
dorsolateral placode +  
epibranchial placode +  
future trigeminal ganglion +  
maxillomandibular placode +  
olfactory placode +  
profundal placode +  
An embryonic structure positioned halfway between the prospective eye and ear, adjacent to the future midbrain-hindbrain boundary. The profundal and the trigeminal ganglia are separate distally but fused at their proximal end as they condense around NF stage 24.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: ophthalmic lobe of trigeminal placode ;   ophthalmic lobe of trigeminal placode complex ;   ophthalmic placode ;   profundus placode
Xrefs: XAO:0004093
Definition Sources: https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/693, PMID:21452441, XAO:0004093

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