Teleost head kidney consists of fused bilateral lobes located in the anterior part of the kidney. It is analogous to the mammalian bone marrow and the primary site of definitive hematopoiesis[ZFA,modified]. [ https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.00427 http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=ZDB-PUB-040923-1 ]
Term information
- BTO:0005189
- TAO:0000669
- ZFA:0000669
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Term relations
- compound organ
- abdomen element
- hemopoietic organ
- develops from some pronephros
- part of some endocrine system
- part of some kidney