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Thymus Histology - Adult Involution
- After puberty much of the parenchyma of the thymus is replaced by adipose tissue (adipocytes).
- particularly cortical lymphoid tissue.
- initially proceeds rapid but slows down in adulthood.
- process is called involution
- under the control of steroid hormones
- both sexual hormones and stress hormones.
See labeled adult overview and also compare this structure with theFetal Thymus.
- Thymus Histology: Fetal Thymus overview | Fetal Thymus Medulla | Fetal Thymus Cortex | Adult Thymus | unlabeled fetal overview | unlabeled fetal medulla |unlabeled fetal thymic corpuscle |unlabeled fetal cortex | unlabeled adult overview | Category:Thymus | Immune System Development
Links: Histology | Histology Stains | Blue Histology images copyright Lutz Slomianka 1998-2009. The literary and artistic works on the original Blue Histology website may be reproduced, adapted, published and distributed for non-commercial purposes. See also the page Histology Stains.
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 19) Embryology Thymus histology 04.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Thymus_histology_04.jpg
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