red pulp of spleen
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 human body.
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 7 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. a kind of spleen pulp.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: penicillar arteriole.
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, splenic cord and splenic sinusoid.
- contributes to morphology of: spleen.
- Supplied by: penicillar arteriole.
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?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.