Term: blood island vasculature
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Name: blood island
Synonyms: blood islands, caudal hematopoietic tissue, posterior blood island, posterior ICM
Definition: Nests of developing blood cells arising late in the segmentation period from the intermediate mass, and located in the anterior-ventral tail, just posterior to the yolk extension.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000094]
Name: vasculature
Synonyms:
Definition: Is an interconnected tubular multi-tissue structure that contains fluid that is actively transported around the organism.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005249]