Spleen Development

Preferred Label : Spleen Development;

NCIt definition : Human Spleen Development involves formation of the spleen, initially as a long strip of cells adjacent to the forming stomach, from mesoderm in the dorsal mesogastrium. Initially an important organ for hematopoiesis (but lost with development), migration of lymphoid precursor cells into the spleen primordium leads to a gradual conversion of the spleen to an organ of the immune system.;

Details

Origin ID

C19953;

UMLS CUI

C1519473;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- spleen development [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- spleen development [GO term]
biological_process_has_result_anatomy
- Organ [NCIt concept]
- Spleen [NCIt concept]
biological_process_is_part_of_process
- Maturation [NCIt concept]

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