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thymus

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Anatomical structure of largely lymphoid tissue that functions in cell-mediated immunity by being the site where T cells develop. [ NLM:thymus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus ]

Synonyms: thymus organ, thymus gland

Term info

database cross reference
  • ZFA:0001078
  • MAT:0000080
  • XAO:0000163
  • EHDAA:9119
  • NCIT:C12433
  • AAO:0010548
  • TAO:0001078
  • UMLS:C0040113 (ncithesaurus:Thymus_Gland)
  • EV:0100138
  • MESH:D013950
  • EMAPA:18768
  • VHOG:0000253
  • EFO:0000860
  • MA:0000142
  • GAID:464
  • Wikipedia:Thymus
  • SCTID:118507000
  • BTO:0001374
  • CALOHA:TS-1043
  • MIAA:0000080
  • FMA:9607
  • EHDAA2:0002017
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

Anatomical structure which originates as several paired thickenings on the dorsal side of the pharyngeal pouches and secretes thymosin.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

A thymus develops in all vertebrates from the endodermal epithelium of certain pharyngeal pouches and from the adjacent ectodermal epithelium. In fishes, all the pouches, or the first four, contribute to thymus formation, but in tetrapods, the number is more restricted. In mammals, only the third and fourth are involved, and the contribution of the third is by far the greater.[well established][VHOG]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Illu_thymus.jpg

editor note

check - a subtype of gland? not in GO. NCIT has thymus and thymus gland. EHDAA2 has ductless gland.

id

UBERON:0002370

prefLabel

Thymus

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606