ent, faint traces of contractility. The proper substance of the sple.en occupies the interspaces of the areolar framework of the organ ; it is a soft, pulpy mass, of a dark reddish-brown color, consisting of colorless and colored elements. The colorless elements consist of granular matter-; nuclei,… … in small numbers. These elements form, probably, one-half or two-thirds of the whole substance of the pulp, filling up the interspaces formed by the par- titions of the spleen, and lying in close contact with the walls of the capillary vessels, so as to be readily acted upon by the nutrient fluid…
Human anatomy
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