This organ can be inflicted with Ivemark syndrome, which is characterized by the presence of Howell-Jolly bodies, and it is also subject to storage diseases such as Niemann-Pick and Gaucher.  Embryologically it derives from islands of mesenchymal tissue in the left side of the dorsal mesogastrium that coalesce.  Its inner surface is indented by a linear hilum and is characterized by a maze of spongelike spaces called sinusoids.  Also of note are the germinal centers that produce lymphocytes and 
This organ can be inflicted with Ivemark syndrome, which is characterized by the presence of Howell-Jolly bodies, and it is also subject to storage diseases such as Niemann-Pick and Gaucher.  Embryologically it derives from islands of mesenchymal tissue in the left side of the dorsal mesogastrium that coalesce.  Its inner surface is indented by a linear hilum and is characterized by a maze of spongelike spaces called sinusoids.  Also of note are the germinal centers that produce lymphocytes and the white and red pulp.  Known as the site of red blood cell destruction, FTP, name this purplish organ that sits to the left of the stomach and below the diaphragm.
This organ can be inflicted with Ivemark syndrome, which is characterized by the presence of Howell-Jolly bodies, and it is also subject to storage diseases such as Niemann-Pick and Gaucher.  
spleen