The spleen is a fist-sized organ located behind the stomach that collects antigen from the blood and disposes of senescent red blood cells.

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)

• red blood cells concept
• antigen concept
• spleen location