spleen

The spleen, stomach, and appendix are among the organs inside the body that can be removed surgically and humans survive.

The idea that someone will take a part from our bodies is really scary, most people hope that it will only happen in horror movies.

The function of the spleen is to filter the blood. However, when we are seriously ill or injured, the spleen sometimes is not strong enough to remove toxins from the blood stream

Artificial spleen - a medical breakthrough - has just been successfully developed by British scientists.

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