Term Name:	otic placode
Synonyms:	auditory placode, ear placode, ear/otic placode, octaval placode, octaval VIII placode, placoda otica
Definition:	A cranial placode which, once specified, invaginates to form an otic cup, which eventually separates from the surface ectoderm to form the otic vesicle or otocyst, a rounded structure without appar- ent polarity. As the otic placode invaginates into a cup neuroblasts delaminate from the anterior ventral aspect of the otic epithelium to give rise to neurons of the vestibulocochlear (statoacoustic) ganglion of cranial nerve VIII[NBK]
Ontology:	Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003069]