Highly atrophic thymus

At the upper edge of the human sternum there is an organ called the thymus, weighing only 10 grams. Only T cells produced by the bone marrow enter the thymus with the blood, and under the influence of thymus hormones, about 5% of thymic cells eventually develop into mature T lymphocytes with immune function.

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