Lens placode
| Lens placode | |
|---|---|
 Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | surface ectoderm |
| Gives rise to | lens |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | placoda lentis |
| TE | placode_by_E5.16.3.1.0.0.13 E5.16.3.1.0.0.13 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The Lens placode is a thickened portion of ectoderm which serves as the precursor to the lens.
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ Donner AL, Episkopou V, Maas RL (2007). "Sox2 and Pou2f1 interact to control lens and olfactory placode development". Dev. Biol. 303 (2): 784–99. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.047. PMC 3276313. PMID 17140559.
External links
- eye-008—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071213145329/http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/martini10/chapter18/custom3/deluxe-content.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070912010420/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/embryo_new/eye/2/
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