Term: pharyngeal vasculature angioblast cell differentiation
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Name: pharyngeal vasculature
Synonyms: branchial basket, branchial vasculature
Definition: Is an interconnected tubular multi-tissue structure that contains fluid that is actively transported around the pharyngeal region.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005003]
Name: angioblast cell differentiation
Synonyms: angioblastic mesenchymal cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of an angioblast cell. Angioblasts are one of the two products formed from hemangioblast cells (the other being pluripotent hemopoietic stem cells).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035779]    QuickGO    AmiGO