OBO_REL:part_of (UNDECLARED) otic placode Primordium of the ear epithelium before it hollows into the otic vesicle, present beside the hindbrain rudiment in the midsegmentation period. Kimmel et al, 1995. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.) TAO:0000138 otic capsule otocyst teleost_anatomy vestibuloauditory system dorsolateral placode