Term: heart leukocyte activation
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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: leukocyte activation
Synonyms: immune cell activation, leucocyte activation
Definition: A change in morphology and behavior of a leukocyte resulting from exposure to a specific antigen, mitogen, cytokine, cellular ligand, or soluble factor.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045321]    QuickGO    AmiGO