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Lymphoid Organs
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Lymphoid Organs
Lymph Nodes
- function as a filter
- 99% of antigens
- Remove debris and pathogens
Thymus
- Reduces in size with age
- Produces hormones important in the development and maintenance of normal immunological defences
- Produces Thymosin, important in the development and maturation of lymphocytes
Spleen
- B and T cell immune response
- Removal of abnormal blood cells and other blood components by phagocytosis
- Storage of iron recycled from RBCs
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- Human Physiology 101 (The Lymph and Immune Systems) Mindmap am Lymphoid Organs, erstellt von bethanylhann am 04/11/2013.
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