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Yes it can affect your spleen as the types of blood cells cannot work functionally to support your spleen.
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Description of the spleen?
The spleen has a thin connective tissue capsule from which short septa extend inwards. The basic structure is the form of the tissue.
What stores blood and functions as a blood reservoir?
the spleen.
How does removal of the spleen affect immunity?
it can decrease the lymphocytes and the red blood cell count
What filters lymph and is a reservoir for blood?
The spleen.
Where is extra blood stored in human body?
The spleen
What does the fish's spleen do?
A fish's spleen does what a human's spleen does, releases blood cells when needed
How much blood is sequestered in the spleen?
In healthy adults, about 30% of blood platelets are sequestered in the spleen.
What stores extra red blood cells?
The Red Blood Cells are stored in the spleen
Where old red blood cells are recycled?
The spleen
Organs that filter blood?
liver and kidneys
When you rupture your spleen does the blood leak out like a period?
The blood from a ruptured spleen can't get out through the vagina.
In which extra blood stored and is released when shortage occurs?
Extra blood is stored in the spleen and released when there is a shortage to help maintain adequate blood volume and pressure in the body. The spleen acts as a reservoir for red blood cells and can contract to release them into circulation when needed.
