Any of the rounded masses of lymphoid tissue that are surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue, are distributed along the lymphatic vessels, and contain numerous lymphocytes which filter the flow of lymph. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000784 ]
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- MAT:0000442
- ZFA_RETIRED:0005318
- FMA:5034
- MA:0000139
- GAID:947
- TAO_RETIRED:0005318
- NCIT:C33027
- EMAPA:35523
- NCIT:C12745
- EV:0100050
- VHOG:0001273
- EFO:0000872
- BTO:0000784
- Wikipedia:Lymph_node
- MESH:D008198
- CALOHA:TS-0579
- galen:Lymphnode
- SCTID:181756000
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- organ and continuous with some lymphatic vessel and composed primarily of some lymphoid tissue
Subclass of:
- organ
- has part some medulla of lymph node
- has part some lymph
- develops from some embryonic lymph sac
- has part some capsule of lymph node
- part of some lymphoid system
- has part some cortex of lymph node