group 4 SPLEEN - UMK CARNIVORES 3

Splenic pulp is red because of the blood that is heldwithin the reticular fiber mesh, which represents thepart of the spleen that acts as a filter (mononuclearphagocytic system- MPS) ; it has numerous fixed ofmacrophages. The white pulp is lymphatic tissue distributedthroughout the spleen as lymphatic nodules thatproduces lymphocytes. The blood circulates trough the spleen, and the spleen isactive in the destruction of aged and abnormalerythrocytes by the numerous MPS cells. The spleen also is a storage depot of iron obtained fromthe destruction of erythrocytes.