MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The spleen stores and filters blood and makes white blood cells that protect you from infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -The spleen acts as a filter. It weeds out old and damaged cells and helps control the amount of blood and blood cells that circulate in the body. The spleen also helps get rid of germs. It contains white blood cells called lymphocytes and macrophages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leukocytes in the spleen include various subsets of T and B cells, dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages that exert discrete functions.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.