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red pulp of spleen

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001250


The parenchymatous tissue network of the spleen that consists of loose plates or cords (sinuses) infiltrated with red blood cells where most of the blood filtration occurs and degenerate erythrocytes are removed from the circulation. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith MP:0002356 ]

Synonyms: pulpa rubra, splenic red pulp, spleen red pulp, red pulp

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Gray1191.png

has related synonym

pulpa splenica

id

UBERON:0001250

prefLabel

red pulp of spleen, Red pulp of spleen

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606