a: Spleen ~
b: giant lymph node

What: "A spleen is like a giant lymph node, an oblong organ in the upper left abdomen. Its white pulp teems with lymphocytes and monocytes, and the red pulp houses more lymphocytes, red blood cells, and macrophages, which mop up debris - old red blood cells and bacteria."

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Writer: Ricki Lewis
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Date: Jun 7 2013 4:38 PM


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