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along with the bile, is a rare material which is very valuable
for the body. For this reason, iron is absorbed back in a
certain region of the small intestines and from there, it
first goes to the liver and then to the bone marrow. Here,
the purpose is both to discharge the bilirubin, which is a
harmful substance, and, at the same time, to regain the
iron.
The bilirubin balance is crucial for our body. This is
because even the slightest problem in this system would
lead to serious outcomes. One of the best examples is
that when bilirubin goes above a certain level, jaundice de-
velops in the body. However, the cells in our body, as if
they are aware of this danger, discharge the harmful mate-
rials from our body with a great precision while they
select the useful ones among them and put them into use
once again.

Red Blood Cell
Storage
The skills of the spleen do
not end here. The spleen
stores a certain amount of
blood cells (red blood cell Is it you who
and thrombocytes). The create it or are
word "store" may conjure up We the
an image of a separate com- Creator?
partment in the spleen that (Surat al-
can be used for storage. The Waqi'a: 59)
spleen, however, is a small
organ, and it has no space to
use as a storage room. In such