Question

Which of the following is analogous to the function of the spleen in handling aged and damaged red blood cells? oped an incinerator that destroys garbage o o o of a water filtration system that removes impurities a reconditioning process that makes damaged items useable again U a recycling center that reuses portions of old items to create new ones

Answer 1

Some of the important functions of the spleen are

• They acts as a filter in purifying the blood
• They enable to recycle the old red blood cells ,the old cells are destroyed and the iron content from it is taken and is used in the production of any new cells
• Platelets and WBC are stored here and thus helps to fight certain infections
• The antigens are removed by them
• They produce immunoglobulin like IgG,tufting and properdin
• It balance all the the body fluids,not just the water

Ans:a recycling center that reuses portion of old items to create new ones