Spleen: filters and cleanses blood of bacteria, viruses, and other debris. Provides a lymphocyte profileration. Destroys worn-out red blood cells and return some of their breakdown products to the liver.
Thymus: Produces hormone that programs lymphocytes so they can carry out their protective roles in the body.
Tonsils: traps and remove bacteria or any other foreign pathogens entering the throat.
Peyer's patches: capture and destory bacteria in the intestinal wall
Lymph nodes: help protect the body removing foreign material
Lymphatic vessels: to form an elaborate drainage system picks up this excess tissue fluid
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