Cords of Billroth

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The Cords of Billroth (also known as splenic cords or red pulp cords) are found in the red pulp of the spleen between the sinusoids, consisting of fibrils and connective tissue cells with a large population of monocytes and macrophages.

[edit] Eponym

They are named for Theodor Billroth, Austrian surgeon.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ synd/2727 at Who Named It

[edit] External links

• Histology at USC lymp/c_34
• c_55/12258992 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
• Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 09.175 - "Spleen: Red Pulp"
• Histology at BU 07803loa - "Lymphoid Tissues and Organs: splenic reticulum"

v • d • e Immune system: Lymphatic system (Lymph, Lymphocytes) Primary Bone marrow – Thymus (Hassall's corpuscles) Secondary: Spleen (blood) Hilum – Trabeculae Red pulp (Cords of Billroth, Marginal zone) White pulp (Periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths, Germinal center) Trabecular arteries – Trabecular veins Secondary: Lymph nodes (extracellular fluid) Subcapsular sinus – Paracortex – Lymph vessels – High endothelial venules – Germinal center Secondary: MALT (mucosa) GALT – Peyer's patches – Germinal center