white pulp of spleen

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• White pulp — Transverse section of a portion of the spleen. (Lymphatic nodule labeled at center right.) …   Wikipedia

• white pulp — n a parenchymatous tissue of the spleen that consists of compact masses of lymphatic cells and that forms the Malpighian corpuscles compare RED PULP * * * pulpa alba …   Medical dictionary

• spleen — spleenish, adj. /spleen/, n. 1. a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn out red blood cells, and as a… …   Universalium

• Spleen — An organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes; it is the largest lymphatic organ in the body. The spleen also filters the blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood and destroys blood… …   Medical dictionary

• pulp — 1. A soft, moist, coherent solid. SYN: pulpa [TA]. 2. SYN: dental p.. 3. SYN: chyme. [L. pulpa, flesh] coronal p. SYN: crown p.. crown p. [TA] that portion of the dental p. contained within the p …   Medical dictionary

• Pulp (spleen) — The pulp of the spleen is practically all splenic tissue from one trabecular artery to another. It consists of red pulp and white pulp …   Wikipedia

• spleen — n. a large dark red ovoid organ situated on the left side of the body below and behind the stomach. It is enclosed within a fibrous capsule that extends into the spongy interior – the splenic pulp – to form a supportive framework. The pulp… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• pulp — n. 1) a soft mass of tissue (for example, of the spleen, in which there is both red pulp and white pulp). 2) the mass of connective tissue in the pulp cavity, at the centre of a tooth. It is surrounded by dentine except where it communicates with …   The new mediacal dictionary

• spleen —    The large organ lying to the left of, below, and behind the stomach.    This organ is partially responsible for white blood cell formation (red blood cells in childhood), and it is lined with resident macrophages that help it filter the blood …   Herbal-medical glossary

• Red pulp — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = pulpa splenica GraySubject = 278 GrayPage = 1284 Caption = Transverse section of a portion of the spleen. (Spleen pulp labeled at lower right.) Caption2 = Spleen System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber …   Wikipedia

• Diaphragmatic surface of spleen — The celiac artery and its branches. (Diaphragmatic surface of spleen visible at center right.) Latin facies diaphragmatica splenica Gray s …   Wikipedia