ANATOMY
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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fetal development
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childhood
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middle age
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old age
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Detailed explanation-1: -The thymus gland is most active during childhood. Your thymus actually starts making T-cells before you’re born. It keeps producing T-cells and you have all the T-cells you need by the time you reach puberty. After puberty, your thymus gland slowly starts to decrease in size and is replaced by fat.
Detailed explanation-2: -The thymus gland, located behind your sternum and between your lungs, is only active until puberty. After puberty, the thymus starts to slowly shrink and become replaced by fat.
Detailed explanation-3: -The thymus is a lymphatic organ which is responsible for T cell immunological function. It is the first of the lymphoid organs to be formed and grows considerably in infancy[1]. It attains maximum weight at puberty and gradually becomes replaced by fat and involutes with age.