What filters pathogens and worn out red blood cells from the blood?

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answered Jan 6 by EliBrinkman (330 points)

the spleen

The spleen is in the upper abdomen. It filters pathogens and worn out red blood cells from the blood, and then lymphocytes in the spleen destroy them.

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