🔬 Medical science
The spleen filters aged red blood cells, recycles iron and supports immune defence. Conditions include enlargement from infections (e.g. mononucleosis), traumatic rupture, and involvement in blood disorders and lymphoma.
Diagnosis uses imaging and blood counts; management ranges from observation to splenectomy.
🧩 The GNM model
Claimed conflict: GNM links the spleen to a "blood / wound conflict" — a shock involving bleeding, injury, or a frightening low blood count.
Germ layer & brain relay (GNM model): GNM classes the spleen as new mesoderm controlled from the cerebral medulla.
Two-phase course (claimed): GNM claims platelet/blood-count changes occur during the conflict-active phase and that the spleen swells with normalization during the healing phase.