| Name: | caudal hematopoietic tissue |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |