Your spleen is not just a bag of blood. Inside it is a soft, springy net, and reticular cells are the ones that build it.
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Reticular cells live inside your spleen. Each one has a small body and long, thin arms that reach out in many directions.
The arms of one cell touch the arms of its neighbors. Together they make a big 3D net, a bit like a spider web or a climbing frame.
The word reticular comes from a Latin word that means a little net.
Reticular cells make thin threads called reticular fibers. They wrap their arms around these threads.
Without the net, the cells inside the spleen would have nothing to hold on to.
Press Light up the net on the 3D model to see the fibers the reticular cells build.