Myeloid This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Myeloid".
The term myeloid suggests an origin in the bone marrow or spinal cord, or a resemblance to the marrow or spinal cord.
In hematopoiesis, the term "myeloid cell" is used to describe any leukocyte that is not a lymphocyte. This terminology is frequently seen when classifying cancers, especially leukemia.
It should not be confused with "myelin", which is an insulating layer covering the axons of many neurons.
Myeloid: Mast cell · Basophil · Eosinophil · Macrophage
Phagocytes: Neutrophil · Macrophage/Reticuloendothelial system
B cells: Plasma, Memory
Natural killer cells (Lymphokine-activated killer cell)
Granulocytes (Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil) – Mast cell precursors
Dendritic cells (Langerhans cells, Follicular dendritic cells)
