Spleen - Ox

SPLEEN - OX

  • The spleen is the largest of the lymphoid organs, situated on the left face of the rumen and elliptical in outline
  • It is bluish-red or purple in colour and measures about 50 cm long and 15 cm broad and weighs about 900 gms
  • It presents two surfaces, two borders and two extremities
  • The parietal surface is convex and is applied against the diaphragm
  • It presents a narrow, angular, elongated area in the upper part, close to the cranial border without peritoneal covering and directly adherent to the diaphragm
  • The visceral surface is concave and is related chiefly to left side of the rumen and a narrow adjacent area of the reticulum. About one half of the visceral surface in front is attached to the rumen and is denuded of peritoneal covering (Click to view the spleen of all domestic animals)
  • The hilus is situated on the dorsal third of the visceral surface nearer the cranial border
  • The dorsal extremity lies under the dorsal ends of the last two ribs
  • The ventral extremity is opposite the 8th or 9th rib about a hand’s breadth above its sternal end
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