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Mononuclear phagocyte system

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a widely distributed collection of both free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow precursor cells by way of monocytes
connective tissue histiocytes;  skin histiocytes, Langerhans cells (?);  liver Kupffer cells;  blood monocyte;  spleen, LN, bone marrow macrophage, bone osteoclasts;  CNS microglia;  lung, GI macrophages