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BBS2001 Threats and Defence Mechanisms

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Describe the structure of the spleen and where the lymphoid cells are located

Author: Mirte Schattorie



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The spleen consists out of trabecular arteries organized in a network of channels called sinusoids. the spleen has red and white pulp; red pulp: storage of red blood cells white pulp: arterioles surrounded by lymphoid cells. T cells surround the arteriole in periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths (PALS) and B cells are located in follicles


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the spleen consists out of trabecular arteries organized in a network of channels called sinusoids. 

the spleen has red and white pulp;
red pulp: storage of red blood cells
white pulp: arterioles surrounded by lymphoid cells. T cells surround the arteriole in periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths (PALS) and B cells are located in follicles
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