without looking it up; what does the spleen do?

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rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 283d

Spleen stuff, you wouldn't understand

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 283d

It's the Kidney's best friend, basically just there as moral support.

MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 283d

It leans on your stomach. Stomach lean, or spleen for short. The doctor who discovered it was English as a second language. Hence the spelling error.

arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 283d

something with blood cells?

Nemo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 283d

jack shit

at least in adults

it helps regulate certain enzymes during growth in children

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d

Wouldn't know, mine was removed after a bad thai meal.

Nolvamia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 282d

Bursts.

Presumably energy bursts. Anyone got a spare spleen?

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d

It releases enzymes

kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com · 1 pts · 282d

it SPLEENS

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 283d (2 replies)

It reticulates

Vedlt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 283d (1 reply)

You're thinking of splines, friend.

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 282d

Pretty sure mine reticulated before. Could taste sounds for a week.

Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 283d

It makes the part of the fart that smells

bizarroland@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d

It stores blood for you to cough up when a superhero punches you.