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Placoderm
Placoderm Plac"o*derm, n. [Gr. ?, ?, tablet + ? skin.] (Paleon.) One of the Placodermi.
Placodermal
Placodermal Plac`o*der"mal, a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
Placodermata
Placodermata Plac`o*der"ma*ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) Same as Placodermi.
Placodermi
Placodermi Plac`o*der"mi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a tablet + ? skin.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.

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- specification. The olfactory placode forms as two thickenings of non-neural region of embryonic ectoderm. In mice, the olfactory placode derives from an anterior...
- In embryology, the nasal placode (or olfactory placode) gives rise to the olfactory epithelium of the nose. Two nasal placodes arise as thickened ectoderm...
- In embryology, a neurogenic placode is an area of thickening of the epithelium in the embryonic head ectoderm layer that gives rise to neurons and other...
- The lens placode is a thickened portion of ectoderm that serves as the precursor to the lens. In****tion is the process of folding in cells. The lens...
- In embryology, the otic placode is a thickening of the ectoderm on the outer surface of a developing embryo from which the ear develops. The ear, including...
- of the inner ear. During the earlier stages of embryogenesis, the otic placode in****tes to produce the otic cup. Thereafter, the otic cup closes off...
- proximity, the cranial sensory placodes (the olfactory, lens, otic, trigeminal, epibranchial and paratympanic placodes). The dual origin cranial nerves...
- pouch and six small swellings that develop in the early embryo called otic placodes, which are derived from the ectoderm. The ear may be affected by disease...
- point. This thickened portion of the ectoderm is called the lens placode. Next, the placode in****tes and forms a pouch referred to as the lens pit. Scientists...
- the lens placode. The lens placode is the first stage of transformation of a patch of skin into the lens. At this early stage, the lens placode is a single...