The small spherical bodies of epithelial cells found in the medulla of the thymus, that are arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils and macrophages. [ MP:0009539 ]
Synonyms: capsule of Hassal's corpuscle thymic corpuscle
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cross reference
- UMLS:C0229950 (ncithesaurus:Hassall_s_Corpuscle)
- EMAPA:35395
- SCTID:34223001
- Wikipedia:Hassall's_corpuscles
- MA:0000772
- NCIT:C13170
Subsets
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cell cluster
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- cell cluster
- cellular anatomical structure
- contributes to morphology of some medulla of thymus
- part of some medulla of thymus
- composed primarily of some epithelial cell
- contributes to morphology of some thymus epithelium
- has part some epithelial cell
- has part some epithelial cell
- part of some thymus epithelium