The three major types of peripheral lymphoid tissue are the spleen (which collects antigens from blood), lymph nodes (which collect antigen from infection sites in tissues), and mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) (which collect antigens from epithelial surfaces).

Authors

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

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• 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

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• lymph node concept
• lymph nodes location
• spleen concept
• spleen location
• peripheral lymphoid organs concept