Term: heart macrophage
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Name: heart
Synonyms:
Definition: Blood pumping organ composed of four components: sinus venosus, atrium, cardiac ventricle and bulbus arteriosus.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000114]
Name: macrophage
Synonyms: histiocyte
Definition: A mononuclear phagocyte present in variety of tissues, typically differentiated from monocytes, capable of phagocytosing a variety of extracellular particulate material, including immune complexes, microorganisms, and dead cells.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009141]