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The removal of aged and damaged red blood cells.

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Blood is filtered by which lymph organ in the adult?

Blood is filtered by the spleen in the adult lymphatic system. The spleen helps to remove old or damaged red blood cells, store blood, and produce white blood cells for the immune response.


The largest lymphoid organ?

The spleen is the largest organ of the Lymphatic system.


What would you find in the marrow cavity of the diaphysis of an adult humerus?

In the marrow cavity of an adult humerus, you would typically find yellow bone marrow, which consists mostly of adipose tissue. Yellow bone marrow stores fat and does not actively produce blood cells unless needed in times of severe blood loss or specific medical conditions.


What contains fat in adult bones?

Well, first, make sure that you know that there is both Fatty substance and bone marrow. The bone marrow makes Red blood cells, as well as many others. The fatty substances are for support, shock absorbtion, and just as a place to store excess energy, in the form of fat.


What is normal and abnormal size of your spleen?

The size and weight of the spleen are liable to very extreme variations at different periods of life, in different individuals, and in the same individual under different conditions. In the adult it is usually about 12 cm. in length, 7 cm. in breadth, and 3 or 4 cm. in thickness, and weighs about 200 grams. At birth its weight, in proportion to the entire body, is almost equal to what is observed in the adult, being as 1 to 350; while in the adult it varies from 1 to 320 and 400. In old age the organ not only diminishes in weight, but decreases considerably in proportion to the entire body, being as 1 to 700. The size of the spleen is increased during and after digestion, and varies according to the state of nutrition of the body, being large in highly fed, and small in starved animals. In malarial fever it becomes much enlarged, weighing occasionally as much as 9 kilos.