Term: kidney common myeloid progenitor
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: kidney
Synonyms: mesonephros
Definition: Cavitated compound organ located in the pleuroperitoneal cavity where hematopoiesis and filtering of blood occur.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000529]
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]