Lens placode

Lens placode
Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation.
Details
Latin	placoda lentis
Precursor	surface ectoderm
Gives rise to	lens
Identifiers
Code	TE 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.

SOX2 and Pou2f1 are involved in its development.^[1]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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