PATHOLOGY MCQ
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Question
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An organ found on the heart and helps the immune system is called:
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Thyroid
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Thymus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Your thymus is a small gland in the lymphatic system that makes and trains special white blood cells called T-cells. The T-cells help your immune system fight disease and infection. Your thymus gland produces most of your T-cells before birth.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The thymus is an organ that sits behind the sternum in the upper front part of the chest, stretching upwards towards the neck.
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