Spleen

Question 1

What is the function of the spleen

Answer 1

Product lymphocytes
Remove worn out RBC
stores RBC

Question 2

Is the spleen highly vascularized

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Where is the spleen located

Answer 3

Against diaphragm and rib 9-11 in left hypochondrium region

Question 4

Is the spleen retoperitoneal or intraperitoneal

Answer 4

Intraperitoneal

Question 5

What are the ligaments of the spleen

Answer 5

Gastrosplenic ligament

Splenorenal ligament

Question 6

What attahc the stomach to the spleen

Answer 6

Gastrosplenic ligamen

Question 7

What attaches the spleen to the left kidney

Answer 7

Splenorenal ligament

Question 8

What gives sympathetic innervation to the spleen

Answer 8

celiac plexus

Question 9

What is the most frequently injured abdominal organ

Answer 9

the spleen

Question 10

What happens if the spleen is ruptured

Answer 10

Severe hemorrhage and shock

Question 11

What cause the spleen to become fragile

Answer 11

Mononucleosis
Malaria
Sickle-cell-Anemia
Septicemia (blood poisoning)

Question 12

When the spleen is removed what take over its job of removal of RBC

Answer 12

Kupffer cells in the liver

Question 13

What is the normal function of the kupffer cells

Answer 13

Phagocytise bacteria from portal system