Term: hypothalamus multi fate stem cell
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Name: hypothalamus
Synonyms:
Definition: Multi-tissue structure which is the largest portion of diencephalon and is ventrally located. The hypothalamus arises near the end of the segmentation period and the embryonic hypothalamic region gives rise to the neurohypophysis and other diencephalic nuclei.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000032]
Name: multi fate stem cell
Synonyms: multipotent stem cell
Definition: A stem cell that can give rise to mulitple lineages of cells.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009020]