Term Name: white pulp of spleen
Synonyms: noduli lymphoidei splenici, pulpa alba, spleen white pulp, splenic white pulp, white pulp
Definition: the parenchymatous tissue of the spleen that surrounds splenic blood vessels, consists of compact masses of lymphatic cells and is where foreign material removed from the blood is used to initiate an immune reaction that results in the production of antibodies
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001959]

Relationships
has parts: penicillar arteriole periarterial lymphatic sheath spleen central arteriole spleen lymphoid follicle splenic white pulp macrophage
is a type of: spleen pulp
has subtype: spleen marginal sinus
inverse adjacent_to: splenic metallophillic macrophage