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
