Preferred Name |
spleen |
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Synonyms |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002106 |
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depiction |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Illu_spleen.jpg https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.0/VH_F_Spleen.glb https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_F_Spleen.glb https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_M_Spleen.glb |
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develops_from | ||
label |
spleen |
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only in taxon | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0002106 |
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prefLabel |
spleen |
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RO_0002175 | ||
treeView | ||
UBPROP_0000007 |
lienal splenic |
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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 |
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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 |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004177 |