Hand-Book of Physiology, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Hand-Book of Physiology, Vol. 2

The splenic artery, after entering the spleen by its concave surface, divides and subdivides, with but little anastomosis between its branches; at the same time its branches are sheathed by the prolongations of fibrous coat, which they, so to speak, carry into the spleen with them. The arteries send ofi branches into the spleen-pulp which end in capillaries, and these either communicate, as in other parts of the body, with the radicles of the vein...