I was just wondering where your splean is?
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Your Spleen is slightly above your belly button (umbilicus) to your left. It is mainly responsible for removing old red blood cells and hence it is very vascular (full of blood), tearing or rupturing your spleen is a very serious medical condition and usually requires surgical removal of the spleen to stop you from bleeding to death. Tearing or rupturing the spleen is usually as a result of trauma to the area, If this has occurred get to the closest ER NOW!!
The spleen is an organ located in the abdomen, where it functions in the destruction of old red blood cells and holding a reservoir of blood. It is regarded as one of the centers of activity of the reticuloendothelial system (part of the immune system). Until recently, the purpose of the spleen was not known. It is increasingly recognized that its absence leads to a predisposition to certain infections.
If you tear your spleen you would need to get to accident and emergency pretty quick as you could bleed to death. Therefore you would need surgery to fix the problem.
The human spleen is located in the upper left part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and just below the diaphragm. In normal individuals this organ measures about 125 × 75 × 50 mm (5 × 3 × 2 inches) in size, with an average weight of 150 g (5 oz.).
The spleen is the largest organ derived from mesenchyme and lying in the mesentery. It consists of masses of lymphoid tissue of granular appearance located around fine terminal branches of veins and arteries. These vessels are connected by modified capillaries called splenic sinuses.
Approximately 10% of people have one or more accessory spleens. They may form near the hilum of the main spleen, the junction at which the splenic vessels enter and leave the organ.
There are several peritoneal ligaments that support the spleen[1] (to understand their naming it helps to know that "lien" is an alternate root for "spleen")
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your spleen is located in the upper left quadrant of your abdomen. lets say you feel your left side ribs. it sits just above the bottom of your lower ribs.
Heres a few illustrations of its location:
http://www.lifespan.org/adam/graphics/im...
http://www.hughston.com/hha/b_13_2_7a.jp...
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It is situated between the stomach and the diaphragm in the left hypochondriac region of the body.
You got lots of answers about where it is, but not about what happens when you tear it. You must seek medical attention because, since it is full of red blood cells and blood, you can bleed to death if it is not repaired.
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