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  • noun Plural form of placode.

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  • Slide 65: The Respiratory System Throughout Life  By week 4 of development  Olfactory placodes appear  Invaginate to form olfactory pits  Laryngotracheal bud  Forms trachea, bronchi, and bronchi subdivisions  Reaches functional maturity late in development Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

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  • The forebrain, including the olfactory placodes and eyes are deleted in the mutant masterblind (Figure

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