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nutrients, wastes, and gases are exchanged between the blood and the ____________

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Interstitial fluid

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lymph ——-> (lymph = clear water).

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The interstitial fluid once it enters the lymphatic vessels

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lymphatic vessels, or lymphatics are ..

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Network of drainage vessels that collect the protein-containing interstitial fluid and returns it back to the bloodstream.

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The fluid that remains behind in the tissue spaces, as much as 3 L daily and the other plasma protein after the action of the hydrostatic colloid osmotic pressure on the capillary beds, becomes part of the ..

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Interstitial fluid.

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The lymphatic vessels form a one-way system in which lymph flows only toward ..

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The heart.

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The transport of lymph begins in

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Microscopic Blind-ended lymphatic capillaries

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lymphatic capillaries are found ..

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Weaving between tissue cells and blood capillaries in the loose connective tissue.

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Lymphatic capillaries are widespread, but they are absent from ..

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Bones, teeth, bone marrow, and the entire central nervous system ( EXCESS TISSUE FLUID DRAINS INTO CSF )

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lymphatic capillaries are so remarkably not permeable

T/F

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False, very permeable

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lymphatic capillaries owe their permeability to two unique structural modifications:

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  • easily opened, flap like mini-valves, which are formed by the loosely overlapping between the edges of the adjacent cells of endothelium
  • collagen filaments that anchors those capillaries to the surroundings so the higher volume of interstitial fluid would not collapse the capillary
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When fluid pressure in the interstitial space is greater than the pressure in the lymphatic capillary ..

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The mini-valve flaps will open which permits the enter of the interstitial fluid

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when the pressure is greater inside the lymphatic capillary than the outside environment ..

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The mini-valve flaps will shut

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Proteins in the interstitial space are unable to enter blood capillaries, but they enter lymphatic capillaries easily

T/F

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True

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when tissues become inflamed, lymphatic capillaries develop openings that permit uptake of even larger particles such as cell debris, pathogens, and cancer cells. Why ?

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So the pathogen can travel through the lymphatic pathway to be introduced to the lymph nodes so they get to be cleansed and examined by the immune cells.

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lacteals are ..

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A special set of lymphatic capillaries that transport a fatty lymph ( absorbed by small intestines ) from the intestinal mucosa of the SI to the bloodstream.

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chyle (“juice”) is ..

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A fatty whitish milky lymph that is drained from the finger like villi of intestinal mucosa

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From the lymphatic capillaries, lymph flows through successively larger and thicker-walled channels.

Give me the order

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Lymphatic capillaries ——-> lymphatic collecting vessels ——-> lymphatic trunks ———> lymphatic ducts

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The characteristics of The collecting lymphatic vessels ..

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📌 Have the same three tunics as the blood veins
📌 But they are thinner
📌 have more internal valves
📌 they anastmose more

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lymphatic trunks are ..

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Units of collecting lymphatic vessels, which drain the lymph from larger areas of the body.

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Examples of lymphatic trunks ..

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🧷 the jugular trunk
🔗 the subclavian trunk
🧷 the bronchomediastinal trunk
🧷 lumbar trunk
🔗 intestinal trunk

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Lymph is eventually delivered to one of two large ducts in the

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Thoracic region

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Lymph is eventually delivered to one of two large ducts in the thoracic region ..

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🦠 Right lymphatic duct
🦠 thoracic duct

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The right lymphatic duct ..

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Drain the lymph from upper right limb and the right side of the head and the thorax

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thoracic duct is smaller than than the right lymphatic duct.

T/F

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False, in contrast, it is much larger.

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The thoracic duct ..
Collects the lymph from the rest of the body, it collects lymph from .. the pair of lumbar trunks ( drains from the lower limbs ) the intestinal trunk ( drains from the digestive organs )
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As the thoracic duct runs superiorly, it receives lymphatic drainage from ..
The upper left limbs, left side of the head, left of the thorax.
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cisterna chyli is ..
Enlarged sac that is located between the last thoracic and the 2nd lumbar vertebrae.
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Each terminal duct empties its lymph into the venous circulation at ..
the junction of the internal jugular vein and subclavian vein
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lymph transport is sporadic and slow, how can it move through the lymphatic pathway ?
🩻 milking by the active muscles 🩻 pressure difference in thorax during breathing 🩻 smooth muscles of all lymphatic vessels but the smallest can contract 🩻 nearly pulsations of the arteries 🩻 valves prevent the backflow of the lymphatic fluid
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the main warriors of the immune system are ..
Lymphocytes
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There are two main varieties of lymphocytes ..
- T cells ( T lymphocytes ) - B cells ( B lymphocytes )
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Antigens
**Anything** that influences the immune system.
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Activated T cells function ..
Manage the immune response, and some of them attack directly
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B cells protect the body by ..
Producing plasma cells that produce antibodies to attack the harmful substances by marking their antigens.
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Macrophages play a crucial role in body protection and the immune response by ..
- phagocytizing the foreign substances - helping to activate T cells
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spiny-looking dendritic cells function ..
capture antigens and bring them back to the lymph nodes.
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the reticular cells ..
fibroblast-like cells that produce the reticular fiber stroma, which is the network that supports the other cells in lymphoid organs
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Lymphoid tissue is an important component of the immune system, mainly because it:
● Houses and provides a proliferation site for lymphocytes ● Furnishes an ideal surveillance vantage point for lymphocytes and macrophages
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Lymphoid tissue, largely composed of ..
loose connective tissue called reticular connective tissue, dominates all the lymphoid organs **except the thymus**
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Macrophages live on ..
the fibers of the reticular connective tissue network.
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Lymphoid tissue comes in various “packages”:
- Diffuse lymphoid tissue - Lymphoid follicles (lymphoid nodules)
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Diffuse lymphoid tissue ..
a loose arrangement of lymphoid cells and some reticular fibers is **found in every body organ**, Larger collections appear in the lamina propria of mucous membranes such as those lining the digestive tract.
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Lymphoid follicles (lymphoid nodules) are ..
are solid, spherical bodies consisting of tightly packed lymphoid cells and reticular fibers.
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germinal centers are ..
Follicles where proliferating B cells predominate.
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These centers enlarge dramatically when ..
the B cells are dividing rapidly and producing plasma cells.
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many cases, the follicles form part of larger lymphoid organs, such as lymph nodes. T/F
True
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isolated aggregations of lymphoid follicles occur in the intestinal wall as ..
Payer’s patches
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The primary lymphoid organs are ..
Red bone marrow Thymus
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both B and T cells **originate** in ..
The red bone marrow
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B cells mature in ..
The red bone marrow
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T cells mature in ..
The thymus
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The secondary lymphoid organs are ..
🦠 lymphatic nodes 🦠 spleen 🦠 (MALT) Peyer’s patchs 🦠 (MALT) tonsils 🦠 (MALT) appendix 🦠 lymphatic diffuse tissue *MALT = mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
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The secondary lymphoid organs function ..
There is where the matured lymphocytes encounter the antigens to be activated.
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only the ___________ filter lymph.
Lymph nodes
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other secondary lymphoid regarding the afferent and efferent pathways ..
They have an efferent pathway but not an afferent.
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The most important of the secondary lymphoid organs in the body are the ..
Lymph nodes
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Large clusters of lymph nodes occur near the body surface in the ..
Inguinal, axillary, and cervical regions, place where the collecting vessels forms the large trunks
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Lymph nodes have two basic protective functions:
Cleansing the lymph: by its filteration process and the destruction of foreign substances by the phagocytes. Activation of immune cells: Nodes and other lymphoid organs provide a strategic locations for the encounter of immune cells with the antigens that to be attacked.
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capsule of nodes ..
A fibrous dense structure that surrounds the nodes
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trabeculae of the nodes ..
Extensions of connective tissue strands that extend from the capsule to divide the node into compartments.
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A lymph node has two histologically distinct regions ..
Medulla Cortex
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The superficial part of the cortex contains ..
densely packed follicles, many with germinal centers heavy with dividing B cells.
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The deeper part of the cortex houses ..
T cells in transit.
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the cortex is abundant with ..
Dendritic cells and it is intimately associated with both B and T cells.
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The dendritic cells in the cortex are critical for ?
preparing B and T cells to become effective defensive cells.
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Medullary cords are ..
thin inward extensions from the cortical lymphoid tissue, and contain both types of lymphocytes.
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Throughout the node are lymph sinuses which are ..
- The subcapsular sinus - the medullary sinus
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the subcapsular and medullary sinuses are ..
Lymphatic capillaries that spanned by crisscrossing reticular fibers which provide a residency for the macrophags.
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Lymph enters the afferent vessels of the lymphatic nodes through which side ?
Convex side
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subcapsular sinus is ..
Large bag-like sinus
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Explain the lymphatic pathway through the lymphatic node **by order**.
Enters through the afferent vessels ——-> then subcapsular sinus —-> then medullary sinus ——> and then the hilum ——> to efferent vessels at the concave side
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There are fewer efferent vessels draining the node than afferent vessels feeding it. **WHY** ?
allowing time for the lymphocytes and macrophages to carry out their protective functions.
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spleen ?
Soft, blood-rich, fist-size, and the largest lymphoid organ, which is located at the left side of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and curls around anteriorly to the stomach.
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Spleen is served by some vessels ..
- Large splenic artery and vein - which enter and exit the concave side
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Spleen functions:
🧷 provides a site for lymphocyte proliferation and immune surveillance and response. 🔗 extracting aged and defective blood cells and platelets from the blood. 🧷 its macrophages remove debris and foreign matter. 🔗 Recycles the breakdown products of red blood cells for later reuse. 🧷 releases the breakdown products to the blood for processing by the liver 🔗 stores some of the iron salvaged from hemoglobin. 🧷 Stores blood platelets and monocytes for release into the blood when needed. 🔗 May be a site of erythrocyte production in the fetus.
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Like lymph nodes, the spleen is surrounded by ..
fibrous capsule and has trabeculae that extend inward.
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spleen consists of two components:
white pulp and red pulp.
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White pulp ..
- where immune functions take place .. - composed mostly of lymphocytes suspended on reticular fibers .. - The white pulp clusters or forms “cuffs” around central arteries (small branches of the splenic artery)..
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Red pulp ..
- is where worn-out red blood cells and bloodborne pathogens are destroyed .. - it contains huge numbers of erythrocytes and the macrophages that engulf them. - It is essentially all splenic tissue that is not white pulp. It consists of splenic cords, regions of reticular connective tissue, that separate the blood-filled splenic sinusoids (venous sinuses).
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) are ..
set of distributed lymphoid tissues strategically located in mucous membranes throughout the body
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MALT function ..
MALT helps protect us
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the largest collections of MALT ..
📌 the tonsils. 📌 Peyer’s patches. 📌 appendix. 📌 mucosa of the respiratory and genitourinary organs. 📌 the rest of the digestive tract.
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The tonsils ..
form a ring of lymphoid tissue around the entrance to the pharynx (throat).
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The tonsils are named according to size. T/F
False. location.
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Types of tonsils ..
🛡️ The paired palatine tonsils 🛡️ The lingual tonsil 🛡️ The pharyngeal tonsil 🛡️ The tiny tubal tonsils
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The paired palatine tonsils.
located on either side at the posterior end of the oral cavity. These are the largest tonsils and the ones most often infected.
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The lingual tonsil.
is the collective term for a lumpy collection of lymphoid follicles at the base of the tongue.
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The pharyngeal tonsil.
(referred to as the adenoids if enlarged) is in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx.
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The tiny tubal tonsils.
surround the openings of the auditory tubes into the pharynx.
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tonsillar crypts ..
blind-ended structure formed by epithelium overlying the tonsils invaginates deep into their interior. Because The tonsils are not fully encapsulated.
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tonsillar crypts function ..
trap bacteria and particulate matter, and the bacteria work their way through the mucosal epithelium into the lymphoid tissue, where most are destroyed. this strategy produces a wide variety of immune cells that have a “memory” for the trapped pathogens.
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Peyer’s patches or aggregated lymphoid nodules ..
large clusters of lymphoid follicles. structurally similar to the tonsils. They are located in the wall of the distal portion of the small intestine.
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The appendix ..
is a tubular offshoot of the first part of the large intestine contains a high concentration of lymphoid follicles.
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The appendix is like peyer’s patches. How ?
the appendix is in an ideal position
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the appendix is in an ideal position ? **Mention the advantages**
- to prevent bacteria breaching the intestinal wall. - generate many “memory” lymphocytes for long-term immunity.
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The bilobed thymus location ..
It is found in the inferior neck and extends into the superior thorax, where it partially, overlies the heart deep to the sternum.
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What are T lymphocyte precursors doing in the thymus ?
T lymphocyte precursors mature to become able to defend us against specific pathogens.
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After puberty, the thymus starts gradually atrophies. T/F
True
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thymic lobules ..
each containing an outer cortex and an inner medulla
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Most thymic cells are ..
Lymphocytes.
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In the cortical regions of thymus ..
rapidly dividing lymphocytes are densely packed, with a few macrophages scattered among them.
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medullary areas contain of the thymus ..
fewer lymphocytes plus some bizarre structures called **thymic corpuscles**. Consisting of concentric whorls of keratinized epithelial cells,
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thymic corpuscles are involved in ..
the development of regulatory T cells, a class of T lymphocytes that are important for preventing autoimmune responses.
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The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ differs from secondary lymphoid organs in three important ways:
- The thymus has no follicles because it lacks B cells. - The thymus does not directly fight antigens. *the thymus functions strictly as a maturation site for T lymphocyte precursors. *These precursors must be kept isolated from foreign antigens to prevent their premature activation. *there is a blood thymus barrier that keeps bloodborne antigens out of the thymus. - The stroma of the thymus consists of epithelial cells rather than reticular fibers. These epithelial cells provide the physi- cal and chemical environment in which T lymphocytes mature.

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