APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The thymus is an organ that is critically important to the immune system which serves as the body’s defense mechanism providing surveillance and protection against diverse pathogens, tumors, antigens and mediators of tissue damage.

Detailed explanation-2: -[1] The thymus is the organ primarily responsible for the production and maturation of immune cells; including small lymphocytes that protect the body against foreign antigens. The thymus is the source of cells that will live in the lymphoid tissues and supports their maturation and proper function.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thymus is the primary lymphoid organ.In thymus gland, immature lymphocytes differentiate into antigen-sensitive lymphocytes. If thymus gland is removed from the body of a person, his immune system becomes weak, As a result the person. s body becomes prone to infectious diseases.

Detailed explanation-4: -Theoretically, the lack of a thymus and the presence of CMV may result in sustained inflammation and high-level T cell turnover, resulting eventually in an exhausted ability of an already compromised immune system to maintain a normal healthy adaptive immune system.