Thymus [LMP51209]

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Diagnostic Modality: 
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Disease Category: 
Normal State
Organ System: 
White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus
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Mike
Wiley

Keywords

Thymus, Epithelioreticular

Clinical History

Immunocompetence of T lymphocytes develops in the thymus gland. The immature lymphocytes are very densely populated in the outer part of the gland which is called the cortex. The mature cells move into the inner, lighter staining part of the gland called the medulla and leave the gland from there.

Labels in this Slide:
- Capsule
- Septum
- Lobule
- Cortex
- Thymocyte
- Epithelioreticular cell
- Medulla
- Hassall's Corpuscle