Heart Failure Â». Heart failure is the pathophysiologic state in which the heart, via an abnormality of cardiac function (detectable or not), fails to pump blood at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues and/or pumps only from an abnormally elevated diastolic filling pressure.
(Physiology) a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in man of two lobes situated below the thyroid. In early life it produces lymphocytes and is thought to influence certain immunological responses.
The spleen, pancreas and gall bladder The spleen is a non-vital organ located in the left upper quadrant of the abdominopelvic region. It is the largest lymphatic organ, acting as a site of lymphocyte proliferation and in immune surveillance and response.