The outer part of a thymus lobule that surrounds the medulla and is composed of closely packed lymphocytes. [ MP:0002371 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: thymus cortex thymic cortex
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cross reference
- BTO:0002934
- SCTID:188262003
- Wikipedia:Thymus#Cortex
- FMA:72205
- EMAPA:35863
- MA:0000767
- NCIT:C33774
Subsets
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cortex
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some thymus
- has part some lymphocyte
- has part some epithelial cell of thymus
- capable of part of some T cell selection