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The letter "T" in T-lymphocyte refers to...

The letter "T" in T-lymphocyte refers to

A

thyroid

B

thalamuls

C

tonsil

D

thymus

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T-refers to thymus which is haemopoietic as well as an endocrine gland. Thymus is the 'seedbed' of thymic lymphocytes (T-lymphocytes). Certain stem cells, orignating in yolk sac and liver in early embryo, but only in bone marrow m late embryo, migrate into the thymus and proliferate to form a large number of lymphocytes Thyroid is an endocrine gland
Thalamus is the part of fore bram in vertebrate lies above the hypothalamus
Tonsil is a mass of lymphoid tissue, several of which are situated at the back of the mouth and throat in higher vertebrates.
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