Sust. MASC. Organ vascular red oblong, flattened, located in the upper left part of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm between the colon and the false ribs. Exercises four functions: ) receptacle RBC and - smaller proportion - of blood plasma; (b) ) destruction of red blood cells altered; c ) ( 41 cooperation; conservation of the iron in the bone marrow produces hemoglobin; (d) ) generation of lymphocytes. Derived from the Latin adjective 'badius, badii': cases nominative and genitive singular equivalent «of the bayo bayo».