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What system of the body produces blood?
Bone marrow in an adult, bone marrow and spleen in an infant, spleen and liver in a fetus.
True or false when erythrocytes are no longer useful they are destroyed by macrophages in the spleen liver and bone marrow?
True. When erythrocytes are no longer useful they are destroyed by macrophages in the spleen liver and bone marrow.
Where are red blood cells made and destroyed?
Red blood cells are primarily produced in the bone marrow, specifically in the spongy tissue called red bone marrow. Red blood cells are destroyed, or broken down, primarily in the spleen and liver.
What organ takes over the functions of the spleen after its removal?
After the removal of the spleen, the liver and bone marrow take over its functions.
If the spleen is removed what organ compenstae for its function?
After the spleen is removed, the liver and bone marrow can compensate for some of its functions. The liver can help with filtering blood and the bone marrow can take on some aspects of the spleen's role in immune response and blood cell production.
Which of the spleen functions in the adult can be performed by bone marrow?
Bone marrow can perform the function of producing and storing blood cells, which is one of the main functions of the spleen in adults. Both bone marrow and the spleen play crucial roles in the immune system by producing and maturing white blood cells.
What stores extra erythocytes?
Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, are produced in the bone marrow and stored in the spleen. The spleen acts as a reservoir for red blood cells, releasing them into the bloodstream as needed.
Is blood produced in a bone?
No. Blood is produced in the Liver, and broken down in the spleen.
What are formed in the bone marrow and the spleen?
Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are formed in the bone marrow. Additionally, some white blood cells are also produced in the spleen.
Red blood cells are produced in?
In the spleen of babies and the bone marrow of children and adults
What types of tissue that is found in lymph nodes the spleen and bone marrow?
Reticular Connective Tissue
What is the site of fetal hematopoiesis?
Predominantly in the fetal liver before moving to the spleen and finally the bone marrow.
