has potential to developmentally contribute to has potential to developmentally contribute to dorsolateral placode trigeminal placode complex VHOG:0000109 A neurogenic placode that arises at the level of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary and develops into a trigeminal ganglion. The ectodermal rudiment of the trigeminal ganglion, distinguishable during much of the segmentation period. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO] profundus placode profundus V placode Consider naming this 'trigeminal placode complex'. Also, Fig9-5 of ISBN:0471888893 calls this the profundus placode; XAO says 'profundal and the trigeminal ganglia are separate distally but fused at their proximal end...' EHDAA2:0004209 trigeminal placode ZFA:0000162 trigeminal V placode TAO:0000162 XAO:0000225 The ectodermal precursor of the trigeminal ganglion. The profundal and the trigeminal ganglia are separate distally but fused at their proximal end as they condense around NF stage 24.[XAO] EFO:0003433 The dorsolateral placodes (trigeminal and vestibular) develop from ectoderm lateral to the brain (...). In summary, the collective term 'placodes' refers to some rather different structures, probably with different evolutionary origins. Some sensory placodes (at least the otic and olfactory) may have homologues in basal chordates. Even if this is so, it is apparent that they were elaborated considerably during early vertebrate evolution. Epibranchial and dorsolateral placodes appear to be new; we infer that their origin depended on the evolution of specific inductive signals.[well established][VHOG] UBERON:0003070 trigeminal placodes somatosensory system Melissa Haendel Christopher J. Mungall