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What causes bleeding of the spleen?
Spleens become enlarged if you have internal bleeding.
If the spleen is removed what organ compenstae for its function?
the liver
Where are red blood cells made and destroyed?
Made in bone marrow and destroyed in the spleen
How does the body get rid of excess blood or does it need to?
Some of the blood is stored in the spleen to be released in causes of hemorrhage. When the blood cells are produced in excess of their need, the spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow and the liver, which are collectively called the reticuloendothelial system, destroy them.
Where are damaged red blood cells phagocytized?
In the liver and spleen.
What causes crystals in the liver and spleen?
alcohol obesity and too many calories
Can drinking mess up your spleen?
Essentially drinking can mess up a persons spleen. This is because excessive drinking can damage the liver which causes Cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can cause an enlarged spleen.
What is physiologic activity in the Liver spleen and colon?
what is physiologic activity in liver and spleen
What causes an enlarged liver in a junior dog?
Can anyone tell me what could cause an enlarged spleen and liver in a Junior female dog aged 6months?
What is the medical term meaning enlargement of the liver and spleen?
Hepatosplenomegaly is enlargement of the liver and spleen.
Organs that filter blood?
liver and kidneys
Is biliverdin reductase in the liver or spleen?
primarily the liver
What type of leukemia causes liver and spleen tumors?
ALL and some subsets of AML such as M4,M5,CML,CLL
Where are the liver and spleen located?
Both are in the abdomen. The liver is up under the right ribs and the spleen is under the left ribs.
Which germs can damage organs and cause a spleen to rupture?
Malaria commonly causes enlargement of liver and spleen. Enlargement of the spleen can be enormous. ( Upto umbilicus can be found. At times larger than this.) Spleen does not rupture due to enlargement. But then small blow to upper and outer or central abdomen can cause rupture of spleen and death.
Is the spleen contralateral to the liver?
Yes
What causes bleeding of the spleen?
Spleens become enlarged if you have internal bleeding.
