MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spleen: This largest lymphatic organ is located on your left side under your ribs and above your stomach. The spleen filters and stores blood and produces white blood cells that fight infection or disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spleen. The spleen is located in the abdominal (tummy) area on the left side, just under the diaphragm. It is the largest of our lymphatic organs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ in the body. Surrounded by a connective tissue capsule, which extends inward to divide the organ into lobules, the spleen consists of two types of tissue called white pulp and red pulp. The white pulp is lymphatic tissue consisting mainly of lymphocytes around arteries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spleen is the largest lymph node in the body. Its anatomy provides for uniquely close contact between its immunologic tissues and blood. The splenic tissue consists of red and white pulp lying within a capsule (Fig.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spleen is a 2° lymphoid organ and it is the largest organ among all 5 lymphoid organs.