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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
Location: | ==General== | ||
*Important for development of the immune system. | |||
*One of two ''[[primary lymphoid organs]]'' - the other one is the [[bone marrow]].<ref>URL: [http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci423/song/Lab1.html http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci423/song/Lab1.html]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> | |||
*Thymus involutes after childhood. | |||
*May be absent due to genetic abnormalities, e.g. [[DiGeorge syndrome]]. | |||
==Anatomy== | |||
Location: | |||
*Anterior [[mediastinum]]. | *Anterior [[mediastinum]]. | ||
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*Medistinal pleural. | *Medistinal pleural. | ||
==Normal histology== | ==Normal histology== | ||
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*Thymic tumours are derived from the epithelial component of the thymus, i.e. the ''cortical epithelial cells'' and ''medullary epithelial cells''. | *Thymic tumours are derived from the epithelial component of the thymus, i.e. the ''cortical epithelial cells'' and ''medullary epithelial cells''. | ||
Images | ====Images==== | ||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Thymic_corpuscle.jpg Thymic corpusle. (WC/Nephron) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==IHC and thymus== | ==IHC and thymus== | ||