Overview: Inner defense - Spleen
Lymph exits the lymph node and is carried via increasingly larger lymph vessels to eventually drain into the blood vascular system. The spleen, the inner defense organ, filters blood reaching it via the splenic artery. The spleen responds to foreign antigens in the blood and also functions to breakdown and recycle aged red blood cells and platelets. 40X
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The spleen, the largest lymphoid organ, filters blood and, therefore, elicits an immune response against any blood-borne microbes. Lymph, via the thoracic duct, enters the venous system at the left subclavian vein and its contents eventually reach the spleen via the splenic artery.
Lymph vessel
The spleen, the largest lymphoid organ, filters blood and, therefore, elicits an immune response against any blood-borne microbes. Lymph, via the thoracic duct, enters the venous system at the left subclavian vein and its contents eventually reach the spleen via the splenic artery.
Veins
The spleen, the largest lymphoid organ, filters blood and, therefore, elicits an immune response against any blood-borne microbes. Lymph, via the thoracic duct, enters the venous system at the left subclavian vein and its contents eventually reach the spleen via the splenic artery.
Arteries
The spleen, the largest lymphoid organ, filters blood and, therefore, elicits an immune response against any blood-borne microbes. Lymph, via the thoracic duct, enters the venous system at the left subclavian vein and its contents eventually reach the spleen via the splenic artery.
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