initialism: IAL
synonyms: fixed macrophage, resident macrophage, residential macrophage
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13425
Macrophage stationed at a point where microbial invasion or accumulation of dust is likely to occur.
Note: Each type of macrophage, determined by its location, has a specific name:
| Name of cell | Location |
|---|---|
| dust cells/alveolar macrophages | pulmonary alveolus of lungs |
| histiocytes | connective tissue |
| Kupffer cells | liver |
| microglial cells | neural tissue |
| monocytes | blood |
| osteoclasts | bone |
| sinusoidal lining cells | spleen |