MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your thymus produces and releases several hormones including: Thymopoietin: fuels the production of T-cells and tells the pituitary gland to release hormones. Thymosin and thymulin: help make specialized types of T-cells. Thymic humoral factor: keeps your immune system working properly.

Detailed explanation-2: -The thymus makes white blood cells called T lymphocytes. These are also called T cells. These are an important part of the body’s immune system, which helps to fight infection. The thymus gland grows to its largest size during childhood and makes all the T cells we need before we become teenagers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thymosin is the hormone of the thymus, and it stimulates the development of disease-fighting T cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The thymus gland is a small organ that lies in the upper chest under the breastbone. It makes white blood cells, called lymphocytes, which protect the body against infections.

Detailed explanation-5: -The thymus and the parathyroid glands are derived from the endodermal gut tube, which consists of a single layer of epithelial cells and gives rise to all gut-derived organs via the formation of evaginating buds (Grapin-Botton and Constam, 2007; Zorn and Wells, 2009).