Term: dorsal aorta hematopoietic stem cell
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Name: dorsal aorta
Synonyms: DA, dorsal aortic root
Definition: Principal unpaired, median artery of the trunk, leading from the paired roots (radices) of the dorsal aorta to the caudal artery.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000014]
Name: hematopoietic stem cell
Synonyms: colony forming unit hematopoietic, hematopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic stem cell, HSC
Definition: A stem cell from which all cells of the lymphoid and myeloid lineages develop, including blood cells and cells of the immune system.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009014]