| Reticuloendothelial
system |
- "the fine fibrillar
meshwork of phagocytic cells supported on connective tissue that extends throughout on
connective tissue that extends throughout the spleen and lymph nodes and also in other
organs such as liver and kidneys and which is involved in the uptake and clearance of
foreign particulate matter from the blood. Foreign antigens taken up by cells of the
reticulendothelial system in lymphoid organs encounter the T cells and B cells of the
immune system which then mount a specific immune response." (B73) |
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