The parenchymatous tissue network of the spleen that consists of loose plates or cords (sinuses) infiltrated with red blood cells where most of the blood filtration occurs and degenerate erythrocytes are removed from the circulation. [ MP:0002356 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Synonyms: pulpa rubra splenic red pulp spleen red pulp red pulp
Term information
- NCIT:C12992
- CALOHA:TS-1263
- UMLS:C0229687 (ncithesaurus:Splenic_Red_Pulp)
- Wikipedia:Red_pulp
- MA:0000756
- EMAPA:35806
- SCTID:27579002
- FMA:15844
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606