lContributing to organs of special sense:
–Olfactory
–Lens (only placode that does not have neural
fate)
–Otic
lContributing to distal ganglia of branchiomeric nerves:
–Trigeminal (Ophthalmic,V1)
–Epibranchial (4)
lHypobranchial (2) (contribute to
hypobranchial ganglia - frog only; not in chick, mouse, zebrafish)