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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

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Term:lymph node
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Definition: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.
Comment:[homology-note] "Lymph nodes that are associated with the lymphatic system have evolved in mammals.[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001273", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.630", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:related_synonym: lymph gland;   nodus lymphaticus
 xref: BTO:0000784;   CALOHA:TS-0579;   EFO:0000872;   EMAPA:35523;   EV:0100050;   FMA:5034;   GAID:947;   MA:0000139;   MAT:0000442;   MESH:D008198;   NCI:C12745;   NCI:C33027;   SCTID:181756000;   TAO_RETIRED:0005318;   UMLS:C0024204;   VHOG:0001273;   Wikipedia:Lymph_node;   ZFA_RETIRED:0005318;   galen:Lymphnode
 see_also: https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/650
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          anatomical system 0
            lymphoid system 0
              lymph node 0
                abdominal lymph node + 0
                afferent lymphatic vessel + 0
                arteriole of lymph node + 0
                auricular lymph node 0
                brachial lymph node 0
                bronchial lymph node 0
                cervical lymph node + 0
                cortex of lymph node + 0
                craniocervical lymph node 0
                deep lymph node + 0
                hilum of lymph node 0
                ileocolic lymph node + 0
                lymph node endothelium 0
                lymph node follicle marginal zone 0
                lymph node of head + 0
                lymph node of lower limb + 0
                lymph node of upper limb + 0
                medulla of lymph node + 0
                paraaortic lymph node 0
                pelvic lymph node + 0
                peripheral lymph node + 0
                pulmonary lymph node + 0
                renal lymph node 0
                retroperitoneal lymph node 0
                splenic lymph node 0
                subcapsular sinus of lymph node 0
                subcutaneous lymph node 0
                sublumbar lymph node + 0
                superficial lymph node + 0
                thoracic lymph node + 0
                thymic lymph node 0
                trabecula of lymph node 0
                trabecular sinus of lymph node 0
                venule of lymph node + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              tissue 0
                epithelium 0
                  epithelial tube 0
                    epithelial sac 0
                      embryonic lymph sac 0
                        lymph node 0
                          abdominal lymph node + 0
                          afferent lymphatic vessel + 0
                          arteriole of lymph node + 0
                          auricular lymph node 0
                          brachial lymph node 0
                          bronchial lymph node 0
                          cervical lymph node + 0
                          cortex of lymph node + 0
                          craniocervical lymph node 0
                          deep lymph node + 0
                          hilum of lymph node 0
                          ileocolic lymph node + 0
                          lymph node endothelium 0
                          lymph node follicle marginal zone 0
                          lymph node of head + 0
                          lymph node of lower limb + 0
                          lymph node of upper limb + 0
                          medulla of lymph node + 0
                          paraaortic lymph node 0
                          pelvic lymph node + 0
                          peripheral lymph node + 0
                          pulmonary lymph node + 0
                          renal lymph node 0
                          retroperitoneal lymph node 0
                          splenic lymph node 0
                          subcapsular sinus of lymph node 0
                          subcutaneous lymph node 0
                          sublumbar lymph node + 0
                          superficial lymph node + 0
                          thoracic lymph node + 0
                          thymic lymph node 0
                          trabecula of lymph node 0
                          trabecular sinus of lymph node 0
                          venule of lymph node + 0
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