What is the specific function of the spleen?
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Red blood cells only last so long until that time they have to be taken out of commission. They get old, or tattered, or infected, and can no longer be allowed to pass their way through your arteries and veins. Enter the spleen. The spleen is composed of an intense meshwork that checks respectively and every blood cell in your body (and there are millions of them) multiple times per day. If a red blood cell fail this "inspection", then a type of white blood cell, known as a "macrophage", functions as a bar bouncer and take the red blood cell out of commission (the macrophage literally ingests the red blood cell).
The spleen also stores blood. For example, when you exercise, your body requires more blood to oxygenate your tissues. Where does that extra blood come from? It's stored in the spleen.
Well it doesn;t hold one specific function, but rather a few.
It destroys blood cells when they become too old to effectively take oxygen (after roughly 120 days), creates antibodies to help fight infection and removes blood cells and microbes that have been marked by antibodies, so it is an essential module of the immune system. Source(s): Med Student
Hey,
The majority of the spleen's functions are related to the immune system or the blood supply. The spleen removes old red blood cells, call erythrocytes, from the blood supply and removes, stores and produces white blood cell lymphocytes. These stored lymphocytes produce antibodies and assist in removing microbes and other debris from the blood supply.
Hope this helps, Source(s): Med School
It's function is largely to regulate the immune system.
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