Dr. Melissa Ilardo

And actually, I'm trying to think of what else it does, but that's the main role is immunological.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, as far as I know, it's all unconscious.

Yeah, as far as I know, it's all unconscious. It's not something that they talk about. And, you know, most of them, you know, when I was explaining what the spleen was, it wasn't something that they had ever thought about or, you know, experienced any kind of sensation in the area where the spleen is found. Yeah, but who knows?

Yeah, as far as I know, it's all unconscious. It's not something that they talk about. And, you know, most of them, you know, when I was explaining what the spleen was, it wasn't something that they had ever thought about or, you know, experienced any kind of sensation in the area where the spleen is found. Yeah, but who knows?

Yeah, as far as I know, it's all unconscious. It's not something that they talk about. And, you know, most of them, you know, when I was explaining what the spleen was, it wasn't something that they had ever thought about or, you know, experienced any kind of sensation in the area where the spleen is found. Yeah, but who knows?

It's not something that they talk about.

And, you know, most of them, you know, when I was explaining what the spleen was, it wasn't something that they had ever thought about or, you know, experienced any kind of sensation in the area where the spleen is found.

Yeah, but who knows?

I mean, it's encapsulated in smooth muscle, I think, the spleen, and that's what controls that contraction. So... Yeah, maybe there could be some way to consciously contract your spleen. We also, our spleens contract when we exercise to a lesser extent.

I mean, it's encapsulated in smooth muscle, I think, the spleen, and that's what controls that contraction.

I mean, it's encapsulated in smooth muscle, I think, the spleen, and that's what controls that contraction. So... Yeah, maybe there could be some way to consciously contract your spleen. We also, our spleens contract when we exercise to a lesser extent.

I mean, it's encapsulated in smooth muscle, I think, the spleen, and that's what controls that contraction. So... Yeah, maybe there could be some way to consciously contract your spleen. We also, our spleens contract when we exercise to a lesser extent.

So...

Yeah, maybe there could be some way to consciously contract your spleen.

We also, our spleens contract when we exercise to a lesser extent.

And this is why like horses and apparently greyhounds, someone wrote to me after the study came out, have massive spleens, as do seals who do a lot of deep diving.

And this is why like horses and apparently greyhounds, someone wrote to me after the study came out, have massive spleens, as do seals who do a lot of deep diving. But that makes a little more sense.

And this is why like horses and apparently greyhounds, someone wrote to me after the study came out, have massive spleens, as do seals who do a lot of deep diving. But that makes a little more sense.

And this is why like horses and apparently greyhounds, someone wrote to me after the study came out, have massive spleens, as do seals who do a lot of deep diving. But that makes a little more sense.