title: Differences in the composition of leucoyctes in the splenic artery and vein in rabbits, and dogs.
abstract: Differences in the composition of leucocytes in the splenic artery and vein in rabbits, and dogs. Acta Physiol. Pol. 1975, 26 (1): 33-39. Blood samples were taken from the splenic artery and splenic vein of 14 rabbits and 9 dogs under general anaesthesia (with hexobarbital sodium in rabbits and Eunarcon in dogs) to compare the quantitative and qualitative composition of white blood cells. It was found that the rabbit spleen releases into the circulation mononuclear cells which do not differ in their size from cells of the blood flowing into the spleen, and that it can retain or release granulocytes, probably due to their intravascular margination. The dog spleen can retain or release granulocytes and mononuclears simultaneously or separately, probably due to the mechanism which includes spontaneous contraction of the spleen.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006400:Hematocrit; D007700:Kinetics; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism; D013157:Splenic Artery; D013162:Splenic Vein