Lymphatic Organs page 7

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

6. Lymphatic Organs

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6.7 Thymus

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Section of the thymus from a young human adult.

This field shows side by side the highly cellular cortex (C) on the left and the less dense medulla (M) on the right. Their borderline is indicated by a broken line.

Two large venules (V) are present in a septum (*) facing the cortex. This cortex is packed with lymphocytes.

The paler medulla contains fewer small lymphocytes and shows small venules (V) and two thymic, or Hassall’s, corpuscles (T).

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×1000

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