Phenotype: otic placode shape, abnormal
Note: This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name.
Name: otic placode
Synonyms:
Definition: Primordium of the ear epithelium before it hollows into the otic vesicle, present beside the hindbrain rudiment in the mid-segmentation period. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000138]
Name: shape
Synonyms: relational shape quality
Definition: A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ratios of distances between its features (points, edges, surfaces and also holes etc).
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000052]