blood
A fluid that is composed of blood plasma and erythrocytes. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood ]
Term info
blood
- portion of blood
- vertebrate blood
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
relationship loss: subclass specialized connective tissue (AAO:0000571)[AAO]
https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/tmeehan
This class excludes blood analogues, such as the insect analog of blood. See UBERON:0000179 haemolymphatic fluid.
A complex mixture of cells suspended in a liquid matrix that delivers nutrients to cells and removes wastes. (Source: BioGlossary, www.Biology-Text.com)[TAO], Highly specialized circulating tissue consisting of several types of cells suspended in a fluid medium known as plasma.[AAO]
uberon
whole blood
Recent findings strongly suggest that the molecular pathways involved in the development and function of blood cells are highly conserved among vertebrates and various invertebrates phyla. (...) There is now good reason to believe that, in vertebrates and invertebrates alike, blood cell lineages diverge from a common type of progenitor cell, the hemocytoblast.[well established][VHOG]
UBERON:0000178
Term relations
- haemolymphatic fluid
- anatomical entity
- material entity
- located in some vasculature
- has_part some blood plasma
- part of some hematopoietic system
- immediate transformation of some presumptive blood
- develops from some presumptive blood