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 ]
Synonyms: thymic lobule thymus lobule lobule of thymus
Term information
- SCTID:187882006
- MA:0000770
- FMA:72215
- NCIT:C33772
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- lobule
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some macrophage
- part of some thymus lobe
- has part some lymphocyte
- contributes to morphology of some thymus
- has part some reticular cell