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Which organ is considered as "Graveyard of RBC" where most of them are destroyed by macrophages
Which of the following organs can be called as a sort of "blood bank"

A

Red bone marrow

B

Spleen

C

Kidney

D

Intestine

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The correct Answer is:
B
Old RBCs are destroyed along with pathogens by phagocytosis carried out by macrophages. Thus spleem acts as graveyard of RBCs.
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