red pulp of spleen in dogs
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. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the red pulp of spleen is
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. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the red pulp of spleen is
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the lymphatic & immune system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What the red pulp of spleen connects to
The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. a kind of spleen pulp.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the red pulp of spleen. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as pulpa rubra, red pulp, spleen red pulp, splenic red pulp and pulpa splenica. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001250, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: spleen pulp.
- Adjacent to: marginal zone of spleen.
- contains: spleen venous sinus and splenic cord.
- contributes to morphology of: spleen.
Questions
Where is the red pulp of spleen?
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the lymphatic & immune system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What does the red pulp of spleen connect to?
A kind of: spleen pulp.
Is the red pulp of spleen the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.