Term: caudal hematopoietic tissue leukocyte
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Name: caudal hematopoietic tissue
Synonyms:
Definition: Tissue that lies between the caudal artery and the caudal vein plexus where definitive hematopoiesis occurs after 48hpf and before the hematopoietic progenitors migrate to the thymus and kidney.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005898]
Name: leukocyte
Synonyms: immune cell, leucocyte, white blood cell
Definition: An achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages, found in blood or other tissue.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009309]