Statement I: The spleen is a large organ, shaped like a bean and mainly contains lymphocytes and phagocytes.

Statement II: The spleen functions as a blood filter, capturing microorganisms present in the blood.

Both statement I and statement II are correct.

The correct answer is Option (3) -Both statement I and statement II are correct.

Lymphoid organs are the organs where origin and/or maturation and proliferation of lymphocytes occur. The primary lymphoid organs are bone marrow and thymus where immature lymphocytes differentiate into antigen-sensitive lymphocytes. After maturation the lymphocytes migrate to secondary lymphoid organs like spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils, Peyer’s patches of small intestine and appendix. The secondary lymphoid organs provide the sites for interaction of lymphocytes with the antigen, which then proliferate to become effector cells. 

The spleen is a large bean- shaped organ. It mainly contains lymphocytes and phagocytes. It acts as a filter of the blood by trapping blood-borne micro- organisms. Spleen also has a large reservoir of erythrocytes.