Spleen
Lien
Filters the blood, removes worn red cells, and holds a reserve of blood it can contract to release.
- System
- lymph
- Region
- Abdomen
- Sides
- Left
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Left cranial abdomen, attached to the greater curvature of the stomach by the gastrosplenic ligament.
- Action
- Filters the blood, removes worn red cells, and holds a reserve of blood it can contract to release.
- Nerve
- Splenic branches of the coeliac plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Spleen
- Latin (NAV)
- Lien
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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