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Yes, one of the major functions of the spleen is to remove aged or damaged red blood cells (erythrocytes) from the circulating blood stream. If the body has produced antibodies against red blood cells, the spleen will remove the red blood cells with antibodies on them from circulation, destroy them and package the bits and pieces for recycling into new red blood cells.
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What would happen if your spleen exploded?
The spleen is not necessary for life but does have important functions: 1. Defense -macrophages lining sinusoids of spleen remove microorganisms from blood and phagocytose (eat) them. 2. Hematopoiesis -monocytes (white blood cell) and lymphocytes (white blood cell) complete their development in the spleen. 3. Red blood cell and platelet destruction-macrophages remove worn-out RBCs and imperfect platelets and destroy them by phagocytosis (eating); also salvage iron and globin from destroyed RBCs 4. Blood reservoir -pulp of spleen and its sinuses store blood for when you really need extra blood. If you noticed a "stitch" in your side when running hard, that is the spleen adding blood to the system so you will get oxygen.
Why spleen and the gallbladder were not palpable?
They were of normal size. A normal-sized spleen and gallbladder are not palpable.
How are red blood cells recycled?
Eventually the RBCs are unable to spring back into shape as they pass through capillaries and this lack of flexibility traps old RBCs in the spleen. The damaged RBCs are phagocytosed by macrophages, the proteins are hydrolyzed, iron is concentrated in transferrin and the chemical frame of the heme structure is partially disassembled and ultimately eliminated as part of the bile used in digestion. Millions of RBCs are born and recycled each day to maintain a constant level of oxygen in tissues .
What is homogeneous attenuation of liver and spleen?
When a report only states homogeneous attenuation, it only shows that the spleen and liver appear normal and that there are no unusual masses or densities present.
Where in the body is the largest single collection of lymphoid tissue?
That is called as Spleen.
Which organ of the human body breakes down the old Rbcs?
The spleen.
What forms lymphocytes and monocytes and stores and recycles large amounts of RBCs?
Spleen
Which organ of human body breaks down RBCs and store irons from them?
the spleen
Which organ of the human bodynbreaks down the old rbcs and stores iron from them?
Spleen
What system is spleen lymphatic tissuue?
Yes, it is lympahtci tissue but is recycles RBCs and stores many RBCs in case of a massive blood loss.
What is called graveyard of rbc?
The Spleen does this remarkable Job: millions of defunct RBC's [red blood Cells] are re-absorbed by Our Spleen each Second.
Which organ of the human body breaks down the old RBCs and stires iron from them?
Spleen
What is an organ that stores and destroys RBCs and produces agranulocytes?
It is the spleen it took a lot of searching but that has to be it
When comparing blood smears of patients with intact spleens and patients without spleens the patients without spleens will reveal what?
Patients without spleens will typically show an increased number of Howell-Jolly bodies in their blood smears. Howell-Jolly bodies are small nuclear remnants that are normally removed by the spleen. Without a spleen, these remnants are not effectively cleared from the bloodstream, leading to their increased presence in the blood smears.
What would happen if your spleen exploded?
The spleen is not necessary for life but does have important functions: 1. Defense -macrophages lining sinusoids of spleen remove microorganisms from blood and phagocytose (eat) them. 2. Hematopoiesis -monocytes (white blood cell) and lymphocytes (white blood cell) complete their development in the spleen. 3. Red blood cell and platelet destruction-macrophages remove worn-out RBCs and imperfect platelets and destroy them by phagocytosis (eating); also salvage iron and globin from destroyed RBCs 4. Blood reservoir -pulp of spleen and its sinuses store blood for when you really need extra blood. If you noticed a "stitch" in your side when running hard, that is the spleen adding blood to the system so you will get oxygen.
Why spleen and the gallbladder were not palpable?
They were of normal size. A normal-sized spleen and gallbladder are not palpable.
What is the function of the spleen in the rat?
Spleens are basically blood cleaners. They don't do the same thing as a kidney by removing nitrogenous wastes. Instead they have white blood cells that destroy old red blood cells. They also add new blood cells to the blood (in some animals). They basically take away the "trash" of old RBCs.
