A lobule that is part of a thymus. Divided into an outer cortex and inner medulla and separated from each other by connective tissue septa, but with the medullary tissue continuous from lobule to lobule.[ncit,modified]. [ ncithesaurus:Thymic_Lobule http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- MA:0000770
- FMA:72215
- UMLS:C1522462 (ncithesaurus:Thymic_Lobule)
- NCIT:C33772
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/187882006
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1522462
pheno_slim
A lobule that is part of a thymus. Divided into an outer cortex and inner medulla and separated from each other by connective tissue septa, but with the medullary tissue continuous from lobule to lobule.[ncit,modified].
in the mouse, the lobes of the thymus are not subdivided into lobules but only in the central medulla and a peripheral cortex (i.e. there is no distinct sublobulation). In humans, the two thymus lobes are composed of many lobules of various sizes which contain follicles, each comprising a medulla and a cortex. in the rat, the thymus is partially subdivided into lobules separated by thin bands of connective tissue which are continuous with the thin connective tissue capsule.[MP]
Term relations
- lobule
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some macrophage
- part of some thymus lobe
- part of some thymus
- has part some lymphocyte
- contributes to morphology of some thymus
- has part some reticular cell