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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas

definition

The organ that functions to filter blood and to store red corpuscles and platelets.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Illu_spleen.jpg

external definition

An organ involved in red blood cell filtration and immune response.[AAO]

function notes

It synthesizes antibodies in its white pulp and removes, from blood and lymph node circulation, antibody-coated bacteria along with antibody-coated blood cells

has relational adjective

lienal

splenic

homology notes

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]

id

UBERON:0002106

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/immune-system#immune-system

taxon notes

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)

xRef

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

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