what function does the spleen do in the human bofy?
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The human spleen is an organ that creates lymphocytes for the destruction and recycling of old red-blood cells. The spleen is also a blood reservoir. It supplies the body with blood in emergencies such as a bad cut. The speen is also the location where white blood cells trap organisms.
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Becuase pig organs have a neutral blood type and are the right size and shape to fit the human body.
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bone marrow cells produce blood cells.
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Kidneys, liver, spleen, and pancreas?
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I know that bone marrow is responsible for creating red blood cells.\n\nHere's something more specific:\n\nsoft tissue filling the spongy interiors of animal bones. Red marrow is the principal organ that forms blood cells in mammals, including humans (see blood). In children, the bones contain only red marrow. As the skeleton matures, fat-storing yellow marrow displaces red marrow in the shafts of the long bones of the limbs. In adults red marrow remains chiefly in the ribs, the vertebrae, the pelvic bones, and the skull. Erythrocytes (red blood cells), platelets, and all but one kind of leukocyte (white blood cell) are manufactured in human red marrow. The marrow releases about 10 million to 15 million new erythrocytes every second, while an equivalent number are destroyed by the spleen.
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What is the Spleen?\n\nThe human spleen is an organ that creates lymphocytes for the destruction and recycling of old red-blood cells. The spleen is also a blood reservoir. It supplies the body with blood in emergencies such as a bad cut. The spleen is also the location where white blood cells trap organisms.\n\nThe spleen is shaped like a loose fist and is tucked under the left side of the diaphragm. \n\nThe average weight of an adult spleen is 0.44 lbs. During and after digestion, the size of the spleen increases. Infection of malaria or mono can also cause the spleen to increase in size.\n\nIf the increase in size is significant, the spleen can rupture. If rupturing occurs, immediate medical care is necessary. You may need emergency surgery to control the bleeding.\n\nOther diseases that causes enlargement of the spleen are: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, sickle cell anemia, leukemia, lymphoma. \n\nWhere is the Spleen located?\n\nThe spleen is located in the upper-left part of your abdomen. It is protected by your rib cage. \n\nI hope the answer proves to be of help to you,\nTake Care and God Bless you !
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Indeed.  I read it in Scientific American.  They grind unusable organs that didn't make the cut for transplantation.  The spleen is especially high in heamocytes which fight the deleterious effects of male erectile dysfunction.  Future research is looking at whether soylent green can reduce the troublesome size of the main sphincter in those affectionatetly known as as*h**es.
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Functions\nVitamin B12's primary functions are in the formation of red blood cells and the maintenence of a healthy nervous system. B12 is necessary for the rapid synthesis of DNA during cell division. This is especially important in tissues where cells are dividing rapidly, particularly the bone marrow tissues responsible for red blood cell formation. If B12 deficiency occurs, DNA production is disrupted and abnormal cells called megaloblasts occur. This results in anaemia. Symptoms include excessive tiredness, breathlessness, listlessness, pallor, and poor resistance to infection. Other symptoms can include a smooth, sore tongue and menstrual disorders. Anaemia may also be due to folic acid deficiency, folic acid also being necessary for DNA synthesis. \nB12 is also important in maintaining the nervous system. Nerves are surrounded by an insulating fatty sheath comprised of a complex protein called myelin. B12 plays a vital role in the metabolism of fatty acids essential for the maintainence of myelin. Prolonged B12 deficiency can lead to nerve degeneration and irreversible neurological damage. \n\nWhen deficiency occurs, it is more commonly linked to a failure to effectively absorb B12 from the intestine rather than a dietary deficiency. Absorption of B12 requires the secretion from the cells lining the stomach of a glycoprotein, known as intrinsic factor. The B12-intrinsic factor complex is then absorbed in the ileum (part of the small intestine) in the presence of calcium. Certain people are unable to produce intrinsic factor and the subsequent pernicious anaemia is treated with injections of B12. \n\nVitamin B12 can be stored in small amounts by the body. Total body store is 2-5mg in adults. Around 80% of this is stored in the liver. \n\nVitamin B12 is excreted in the bile and is effectively reabsorbed. This is known as enterohepatic circulation. The amount of B12 excreted in the bile can vary from 1 to 10ug (micrograms) a day. People on diets low in B12, including vegans and some vegetarians, may be obtaining more B12 from reabsorption than from dietary sources. Reabsorption is the reason it can take over 20 years for deficiency disease to develop in people changing to diets absent in B12. In comparison, if B12 deficiency is due to a failure in absorption it can take only 3 years for deficiency disease to occur. \n\nDietary Sources\nThe only reliable unfortified sources of vitamin B12 are meat, dairy products and eggs. There has been considerable research into possible plant food sources of B12. Fermented soya products, seaweeds and algae have all been proposed as possible sources of B12. However, analysis of fermented soya products, including tempeh, miso, shoyu and tamari, found no significant B12. \nSpirulina, an algae available as a dietary supplement in tablet form, and nori, a seaweed, have both appeared to contain significant amounts of B12 after analysis. However, it is thought that this is due to the presence of compounds structurally similar to B12, known as B12 analogues. These cannot be utilised to satisfy dietary needs. Assay methods used to detect B12 are unable to differentiate between B12 and it's analogues, Analysis of possible B12 sources may give false positive results due to the presence of these analogues. \n\nResearchers have suggested that supposed B12 supplements such as spirulina may in fact increase the risk of B12 deficiency disease, as the B12 analogues can compete with B12 and inhibit metabolism. \n\nThe current nutritional consensus is that no plant foods can be relied on as a safe source of vitamin B12. \n\nBacteria present in the large intestine are able to synthesise B12. In the past, it has been thought that the B12 produced by these colonic bacteria could be absorbed and utilised by humans. However, the bacteria produce B12 too far down the intestine for absorption to occur, B12 not being absorbed through the colon lining. \n\nHuman faeces can contain significant B12. A study h
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Go to this site.\n\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761566336/Lymphatic_System.html\n\nIt consists of the lymphatic capillaries, lymph nodes and other organs like the spleen.
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The spleen can have a deficiency of yin, just like it can have excess yin. It can be treated by addressing the spleen meridian. This meridian starts at the medial side of the large toe, through the abdomen, spleen, diaphragm, esophagus and ending on the lower surface of the tongue.
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The spleen is a gland that is associated with the circulatory system, where it functions in the destruction of old red blood cells in holding a reservoir of blood.
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1.Spleen 2. thymus 3. Lymph nodes 4.Bone marrow \n5. Peyer's patches( Peyer's patches are areas of lymphoid tissue located in the wall of the intestine, and in some mammalian species such as sheep, cattle  and rabbits, Peyer's patches have a function similar to the bursa of fabricius of birds and bone marrow of other mammals: B cell differentiation and maturation.)\n6.Bursa of Fabricius 7. GALT (Gut Associated Primary Lymphoid Tissue ) 8. MALT ( mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue)
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It doesn't rupture BECAUSE it gathers dead cells. It's physiologic role is to gather dead cells. It usually ruptures in car accidents or similar violent accidents. The resulting hemorhage can be very dangerous and there are several urgent surgical techniques to repair it (interestingly, one of them is to use ... super glue, aka cyanoacrylate glue). If repair is impossible, the spleen is removed and the patient is afterwards at considerable risk for some infections, particularly by Pneumoniococcus. \n\nTo answer another question, the spleen "fills" with dead red blood cells (and many other dead cells) because it acts as a filter. It keeps the useful stuff (iron), removes "debris" from the blood and digests the remains of dead cells. \n\nThe accumulation of dead red cells can destroy the spleen (WITHOUT RUPTURING IT) by "clogging" it. This usually happens to people with Sickle Cell anemia, whose cells tend to form aggregates.
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That is the new theory:\n\nNot long ago nearly all cases of splenic trauma were treated by laparoscopy, opening the abdomen, and by splenectomy, the surgical removal of the spleen. This approach resulted from the difficulty in assessing the severity of the injury, the potential dangers of shock and death, and the beliefs that the spleen healed poorly and that it was not an important organ. Nowadays, improved techniques of diagnosis and monitoring, as well as understanding that removal of the spleen creates future risk of a lowered capacity to fight infection has modified treatment approaches. Research over the past two decades has shown that the spleen has high healing potential, and confirmed that children are more susceptible to infection after splenectomy (post splenectomy sepsis, PSS). PSS has a mortality rate of over 50% and standard procedure now avoids splenectomy as much as possible. Adult splenic trauma is treated by splenectomy more often than children's; for unknown reasons, the adult spleen more frequently spontaneously ruptures after injury. Adults are also less susceptible to PSS.   http://www.lifesteps.com/gm/Atoz/ency/splenic_trauma.jsp
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The spleen monitors, destroys and stores red blood cells. In addition to this, the spleen has two functions, the red and white pulp. The white pulp helps fight infections and the red pulp removes unwanted materials.\nIt is increasingly recognised that its absence leads to a predisposition to certain infections\n\ndefinitely not a good thing.\n\nImmunisations and splenectomy\nPeople who have had their spleen removed or have a spleen disorder are at increased risk of infection, most commonly Pneumococcal infection. Some vaccines are recommended especially for these people and they should be discussed with the doctor. They are: \nPneumococcal vaccine \nMeningococcal vaccines \nHaemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (recommended in an adult who has close contact with children less than 5 years of age).  http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Spleen_explained?OpenDocument
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The liver has a bunch of functions. Not only does it help to filter things out of the blood, but it also produces cholesterol and stores extra energy that is released to the muscles as glycogen (a kind of carbohydrate). It also plays a role in digestion by interacting with the gall bladder, which is attached to it, but I don't remember exactly what the liver does in that case.
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The spleen has a role in fighting infection by producing certain types of white blood cells, and although the bone marrow plays the main role in fighting infection, the importance of ensuring someone has had pneumonia, meningitis, Hib, and flu vaccines needs to be expressed.\nA person without a spleen will also take lifelong low-dose antibiotics, usually penicillin, if allergic to penicillin,next in line would be erythromycin.\n\nThe spleen also contains a large amount of blood, and in case of injury, the spleen can contract and release blood into the body.\nIf ruptured, partly due to the amount of blood it holds, can be lethal if internally bleeds.\n\nThe liver makes your red blood cells and kidneys filter your blood NOT your spleen.