Preferred Name | spleen | |
Synonyms |
|
|
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002106 |
|
depicted_by |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Illu_spleen.jpg |
|
develops_from | ||
label |
spleen |
|
only in taxon | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0002106 |
|
prefLabel |
spleen |
|
RO_0002175 | ||
treeView | ||
UBPROP_0000007 |
lienal splenic |
|
UBPROP_0000008 |
In humans, it is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. It removes old red blood cells and holds a reserve in case of hemorrhagic shock, especially in animals like horses (not in humans), while recycling iron |
|
UBPROP_0000009 |
It synthesizes antibodies in its white pulp and removes, from blood and lymph node circulation, antibody-coated bacteria along with antibody-coated blood cells |
|
subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004177 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005057 |
Create mapping