Term: caudal hematopoietic tissue common myeloid progenitor
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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: 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]