SPLENECTOMY

WHERE IS THE SPLEEN LOCATED?

• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHEST

• LEFT-UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN BEHIND RIBS

• RIGHT-UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN IN FRONT OF THE RIBS

• BEHIND THE KIDNEYS AND IN FRONT OF THE STOMACH

HOW BIG IS THE SPLEEN?

• THE SIZE OF YOUR FOOT

• THE SIZE OF YOUR BRAIN

• THE SIZE OF YOUR LUNG

• THE SIDE OF YOUR FIST

THIS IS NOT LOCATED IN THE SPLEEN

• LYMPH NODES

• HILLUM

• GALLBLADDER

• CAPSULE

WHAT IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE RED PULP?

• COVERS THE BONE MARROW

• COVERS AND PROTECTS THE SPLEEN

• CONNECTS HILLUM WITH THE CELIAC TRUNK

• FILTERS THE BLOOD DESTROYING TOXINS BEFORE THEY SPREAD YOUR BODY

WHAT IS THE LARGEST LYMPHATIC ORGAN IN THE HUMAN BODY?

• BLADDER

• DUODENUM

• GALLBLADDER

• SPLEEN

THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SPLEEN

• IT IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN

• IT PROVOIDES WATER TO THE GALLBLADDER

• IT STORES PLATELETS

• IT PUMPS BLOOD TO THE REST OF THE BODY

THE SPLEEN HELPS

• ABSORBE BILE

• FILTER THE BLOOD

• CREATE NEW NEURONS

• STORE LIQUID IN THE BLADDER

WHAT DOES THE SPLEEN ELIMINATE?

• TEARS

• OLD AND DAMAGED ERYTHROCYTES

• EXCESS OF BLOOD

• ALL THE FEELINGS FOR MY EX

WHAT IS THE HEMATOPOIESIS?

• WHEN THE SPLEEN BECOMES VERY SMALL

• WHEN BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED BY THE SPLEEN UNTIL BONE MARROW IS MATURE ENOUGH

• WHEN BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED BY THE SPINAL CORD UNTIL THE SPLEEN IS BIG ENOUGH

• WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH BLOOD WITH OXIGEN