The spleen is composed of red pulp, which serves as the site of red blood cell disposal, and white pulp, which consists of lymphocytes surrounding arterioles.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• lymphocyte concept
• red blood cells concept
• spleen concept