Term: head kidney common myeloid progenitor
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Name: head kidney
Synonyms: anterior kidney, kidney marrow
Definition: The zebrafish head kidney consists of fused bilateral lobes located in the anterior part of the kidney. It is analogous to the mammalian bone marrow and the primary site of definitive hematopoiesis.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000669]
Name: common myeloid progenitor
Synonyms: CMP, colony forming unit granulocyte, erythrocyte, macrophage, and megakaryocyte, multipotential myeloid stem cell, myeloid stem cell, pluripotent stem cell (bone marrow)
Definition: A progenitor cell committed to myeloid lineage, including the megakaryocyte and erythroid lineages.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009021]