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What does your spleen do?
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Many important: In addition to having a fun name to pronounce, the spleen filters and helps recycle blood cells, and helps fight certain types of infections. Here is some further information on the spleen. http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/picture-of-the-spleen.
Answered 7/13/2017
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