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Hematopoiesis: The processes by which all types of blood cells are generated, in the bone marrow, from pluripotential stem cells that differentiate into normal or abnormal circulating elements of blood [e]
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Parent topics
- Blood [r]: The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (i.e., blood vessels). Whole blood includes plasma and blood cells. [e]
- Stem cell [r]: Describes cells that have the potential to differentiate to new cell types; usually encompasses totipotent, pluripotent and multipotent cells. [e]
Subtopics
- Erythropoesis [r]: The creation, from megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cells, and life cycle of erythrocytes (i.e., red blood cells or RBCs) [e]
- Leukopoesis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thrombocytopoiesis [r]: Add brief definition or description