GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Where is the thymus located? The location of your thymus gland is in your upper chest behind your breastbone (sternum). It sits between your lungs in a part of your chest called the mediastinum. Your thymus is just in front of and above your heart.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thymus glands from full grown animals also contain nuclein bodies and phosphates, indicating that the gland does not com-pletely cease its systemic activity during the reproductive period of these animals. Adult cattle and sheep (herbivora) contain more thymus tissue per unit of body-weight than adult hogs (omnivora).