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[[Lymphocytes - Introduction|Lymphocytes]] in the arterial blood migrate from the red pulp sinuses, through the splenic cords and through the white pulp. [[Lymphocytes#T cells|T cells]] specifically migrate through the PALS and [[Lymphocytes#B cells|B cells]] specifically migrate through the follicles. Antigen in the blood is filtered by the large numbers of [[Macrophages|macrophages]] in the splenic cords and white pulp.
 
[[Lymphocytes - Introduction|Lymphocytes]] in the arterial blood migrate from the red pulp sinuses, through the splenic cords and through the white pulp. [[Lymphocytes#T cells|T cells]] specifically migrate through the PALS and [[Lymphocytes#B cells|B cells]] specifically migrate through the follicles. Antigen in the blood is filtered by the large numbers of [[Macrophages|macrophages]] in the splenic cords and white pulp.
 
===Innervation===
 
===Innervation===
Innervation is purely sympathetic<ref>{{citation|initiallast = Nance|initialfirst = D.M|finallast = Sanders|finalfirst = V.M|year = 2007|jtitle = Autonomic innervation and regulation of the immune system (1987-2007)|jor = Brain, Behavior, and Immunity|vol = 21(6)|range = 736-745}}</ref> and nerve fibres travel with the artery into the spleen.
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Innervation is purely sympathetic and nerve fibres travel with the artery into the spleen.
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===Histology===
 
===Histology===
 
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