https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/tmeehan

relationship loss: subclass specialized connective tissue (AAO:0000571)[AAO]

This class excludes blood analogues, such as the insect analog of blood. See UBERON:0000179 haemolymphatic fluid.

A fluid that is composed of blood plasma and erythrocytes.

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]

portion of blood, vertebrate blood

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

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

• blood vessel

• presumptive blood

• peripheral blood mononuclear cell
• blood plasma