The zone between the red and white pulp of the spleen containing numerous macrophages and lymphocytes, and a rich plexus of sinusoids supplied by white pulp arterioles carrying blood-borne antigens. [ MP:0002362 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: junctional zone of spleen spleen marginal zone
Term information
- Wikipedia:Marginal_zone
- CALOHA:TS-2395
- FMA:15852
- EMAPA:36650
- MA:0000755
- NCIT:C49767
- UMLS:C1711368 (ncithesaurus:Marginal_Zone)
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
WP says - (Some sources consider it to be the part of red pulp which borders on the white pulp, while other sources consider it to be neither red pulp nor white pulp.) - we use the adjacency relation here so it overlaps neither. FMA considers this an anatomical line.
Term relations
- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- adjacent to some red pulp of spleen
- adjacent to some white pulp of spleen
- part of some spleen