Nasal placode

Nasal placode
Nasal pit shown as olfactory pit
Details
Gives rise toOlfactory epithelium
SystemOlfactory system
Identifiers
Latinplacoda nasalis, placoda olfactoria
TEplacode_by_E5.3.0.0.0.0.8 E5.3.0.0.0.0.8
Anatomical terminology

In embryology, the nasal placode (or olfactory placode[1]) gives rise to the olfactory epithelium of the nose. Two nasal placodes arise as thickened ectoderm from the frontonasal process. They give rise to the nose, the philtrum of the upper lip, and the primary palate.