Function: Fights infection Function of: Spleen produces leukocytes and antibodies – destroys old erythrocytes filters waste Tonsils Filters interstitial – – Thymus atrophies after puberty, produces – antibodies and lymphocytes composed of water, digested nutrients, – salts, hormones, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lymphocytes and metabolic waste. Disease Adenitis inflammation of the nodes. –
Function: Fights infection Function of: Spleen – produces leukocytes and antibodies destroys old erythrocytes filters waste Tonsils – Filters interstitial – Thymus – atrophies after puberty, produces antibodies and lymphocytes – composed of water, digested nutrients, salts, hormones, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lymphocytes and metabolic waste. Disease Adenitis – inflammation of the nodes.
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