- Spleen: large wedge-shaped mass of vascular and lymphoid tissue, purplish-red in colour.
- Lies high up at the back of the abdominal cavity on the left side, behind the stomach.
Functions
- Functions: destruction of red blood cells and production of fresh lymphocytes for the blood stream.
- Functional significance: the spleen destroys red blood cells and produces fresh lymphocytes for the blood stream.
- Spleen: wedge-shaped mass of vascular and lymphoid tissue, purplish-red, lying on the left side of the abdomen behind the stomach.
- Two functions: destruction of red blood cells, and production of fresh lymphocytes for the blood stream.