| Term: | dorsal aorta hematopoietic stem cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | dorsal aorta |
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| Synonyms: | DA, dorsal aortic root |
| Definition: | Principal unpaired, median artery of the trunk, leading from the paired roots (radices) of the dorsal aorta to the caudal artery. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000014] |
| Name: | hematopoietic stem cell |
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| Synonyms: | colony forming unit hematopoietic, hematopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic progenitor cell, hemopoietic stem cell, HSC |
| Definition: | A stem cell from which all cells of the lymphoid and myeloid lineages develop, including blood cells and cells of the immune system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009014] |