LYMPHATIC
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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Question
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It makes T cells
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It makes B cells
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It makes tiny little soldiers
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It stops working as you age
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Detailed explanation-1: -It stops working as you age. The thymus gland reduces with the increase in age. In infants, it is larger in size but in adults, it is greatly reduced. Thus, its function reduces with aging.
Detailed explanation-2: -Once you reach puberty, the thymus starts to slowly shrink and become replaced by fat. By age 75, the thymus is little more than fatty tissue.
Detailed explanation-3: -A peculiar feature of the thymus is that it disappears as we get older. The thymus starts deteriorating after birth but the process speeds up after puberty and, by age 65, we are basically unable to make new T cells. As the organ shrinks, the T cell areas are replaced with fatty tissue, in a process called involution.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.