- epibranchial placodes
- a series of placodes located dorsal to the pharyngeal (branchial) grooves; they contribute to adjacent cerebral ganglia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
epibranchial placodes
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placode — Local thickening in the embryonic ectoderm layer; the cells of the p. ordinarily constitute a primordial group from which a sense organ or ganglion develops. [G. plakodes, fr. plax, anything flat or broad, + eidos, like] auditory placodes SYN:… … Medical dictionary
Placode — A placode is an area of thickening in the embryonic epithelial layer where some organ or structure later develops. The term usually refers to cranial placodes, peripheral nervous system structures associated with the special senses and cranial… … Wikipedia
