spleen
ductless, vascular organ near the stomach
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
The Spleen
(Lien)
The spleen is situated principally in the left hypochondriac region, but its superior extremity extends into the epigastric region; it lies between the fundus of the stomach and the diaphragm.
spleen An organ that produces lymphocytes and stores erythrocytes.
spongy bone The inner layer of bone; found at the ends of long bones and is less dense than compact bone. Some spongy bone contains red marrow.
spleen (Frog, Rat)
An important part of the mononuclear phagocyte system, make up of lymphoid tissue. It stores excess red blood cells, destroys old cells, and is capable of acting as a reservoir holding 20-30% of all blood cells.
spleen cells that had been treated with nonradioactive POL(A) and
spleen cells that had received no treatment.
lien The spleen.
life expectancy The average number of years lived by a group of individuals after reaching a given age; the probable number of years of survival for an individual of a given age.
Enlarged liver, spleen, or heart and fluid buildup in the fetus' abdomen seen via ultrasound.
Symptoms and signs in the Newborn: ...
Gaucher disease (GD; enlarged liver and spleen, bone degeneration)
Inherited breast and ovarian cancer* (BRCA 1 and 2; early-onset tumors of breasts and ovaries) ...
Now your spleen is very good at raking these cells out of the peripheral blood as they come through. And that's what causes the anemia, and the old name for sickle cell was sickle cell anemia. However, though, short polymers are very, very dangerous.
The immune system Cells in our bone marrow, thymus, and the lymphatic system of ducts and nodes, spleen, and blood that function to protect us. Antigen Anything causing an immune response, usually foreign material but may be our own tissues.
Lymph organs include the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and thymus. Bone marrow contains tissue that produces lymphocytes. B-lymphocytes (B-cells) mature in the bone marrow. T-lymphocytes (T-cells) mature in the thymus gland.
To produce monoclonal antibodies, one removes B-cells from the spleen of an animal that has been challenged with the antigen. These B-cells are then fused with myeloma tumor cells that can grow indefinitely in culture (myeloma is a B-cell cancer).
The head of the pancreas is encircled by the duodenum and its tail touches the spleen.
By doing that, they basically allow T-cells to bump into them as they travel around the body or go to specific immune sites such as the spleen or the lymph nodes. T-cells then get to see these small fragments of anything they've eaten.
A variety of white blood cells present in blood, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus gland, gut wall and bone marrow.
Cancer of the developing blood cells in the bone marrow. Leukemia leads to rampant overproduction of white blood cells (leukocytes); symptoms usually include anaemia, fever, enlarged liver, spleen, and/or lymph nodes. [Talking Glossary]
Lysosome ...
Melancholia black bile: one of the four humors of which people used to think the body was composed and which they thought was produced by the spleen
(melano = black; choler = bile‚ anger) ...
-- In animals with three tissue layers (i.e. all except sponges and cnidarians), the middle layer of tissue, between the ectoderm and the endoderm. In vertebrates, for instance, the mesoderm forms the skeleton, muscles, heart, spleen, ...
 See also: Human, Organ, Blood, Cells, Trans
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