The spleen filters circulating blood to detect pathogens, which triggers the activation and multiplication of immune system cells to neutralize those pathogens.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  Parts of the Immune System | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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• Parts of the Immune System | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia www.chop.edu Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• spleen concept
• spleen location
• pathogen concept
• blood concept