All cellular elements of blood, including red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells, derive from hematopoietic stem cells located in the bone marrow.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (6)

• blood concept
• white blood cells concept
• red blood cells concept
• bone marrow location
• platelets concept
• hematopoietic stem cells concept