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Spleen removal - series - Normal anatomy

Normal anatomy:

The spleen is an organ involved in the production of certain circulating white blood cells, as a part of the lymph system, and as a part of the immune system. It also removes old or damaged red blood cells from circulating blood.

Reviewed last on: 6/8/2008
Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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