Term information
- NCIT:C12432
- CALOHA:TS-0956
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spleen
- MESH:D013154
- EFO:0000869
- BTO:0001281
- XAO:0000328
- EMAPA:18767
- GAID:1289
- MIAA:0000085
- FMA:7196
- galen:Spleen
- VHOG:0000120
- AAO:0010395
- TAO:0000436
- EV:0100055
- MA:0000141
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0037993
- ZFA:0000436
- MAT:0000085
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181279003
- UMLS:C0037993
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
It synthesizes antibodies in its white pulp and removes, from blood and lymph node circulation, antibody-coated bacteria along with antibody-coated blood cells
With the advent of clonal selection, the accumulation and segregation of T and B cells in specialized organs for antigen presentation became necessary, and indeed the spleen is found in all jawed vertebrates, but not in agnathans or invertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/immune-system#immune-system
In humans, it is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. It removes old red blood cells and holds a reserve in case of hemorrhagic shock, especially in animals like horses (not in humans), while recycling iron
Neither hagfish nor lampreys possess what might be considered a discrete and condensed spleen. Hagfish possess dispersed lymphoid tissue within the submucosa of the intestine (96) associated with the portal vein (97), whereas lymphoid tissue is associated with the typhlosole portion of the intestine in lampreys (96)
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0037993
MA:0000141
MAT:0000085
EFO:0000869
VHOG:0000120
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181279003
BTO:0001281
MIAA:0000085
XAO:0000328
AAO:0010395
CALOHA:TS-0956
EMAPA:18767
MESH:D013154
EV:0100055
UMLS:C0037993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spleen
galen:Spleen
GAID:1289
ZFA:0000436
NCIT:C12432
TAO:0000436
FMA:7196