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 information
- ZFA:0001078
- MIAA:0000080
- XAO:0000163
- MAT:0000080
- EHDAA2:0002017
- SCTID:118507000
- EMAPA:18768
- NCIT:C12433
- EHDAA:9119
- EV:0100138
- CALOHA:TS-1043
- FMA:9607
- Wikipedia:Thymus
- EFO:0000860
- BTO:0001374
- MESH:D013950
- MA:0000142
- TAO:0001078
- VHOG:0000253
- AAO:0010548
- GAID:464
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- hemolymphoid system gland
- endocrine gland
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- hemopoietic organ
- immune organ
- part of some anterior region of body
- has part some thymus lymphoid tissue
- develops from some thymus primordium
- has part some thymus epithelium
- contains process some T cell differentiation