Scheme of the thymus medulla (human)

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Title Scheme of the thymus medulla (human)
Creator Poels, Lambert G.
Contributor Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen; Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen
Date 2010-06-11
Subject thymic corpuscle; Hassall ; epithelioreticular cells ; lymphoid tissue
Description A-B: medullar epithelioreticular cells; C-D-E: development stages of thymic corpuscles (or Hassall bodies) (1): branching (-->) epithelioreticular cells in the medulla forming a meshwork (cytoreticulum) that normally is populated by thymocytes; (2): specialized epithelioreticular cells (2) often localize concentrically close together and that results in the formation of a Hassall's corpuscle consisting of aggregated flattened cells (2) that contain keratohyalin (observed as granules) ; (3): centrally within the expanding corpuscle necrotic cells (3) might be present; in the larger bodies the amount of necrotic cells increases and eventually the corpuscle results in a cystic structure bordered by a 1-2 layered wall of flattened epithelioreticular cells (2) ; (4): blood vessel in close contact with a corpuscle (4)
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Collection Poja Histology Collection - Lymphatic Tissues and Organs Subset
ARK ark:/87278/s6060j7b
Setname ehsl_heal
ID 890844
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6060j7b
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