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Write a paragraph on Thymus gland?

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Thymus gland is partially an endocrine and partially a lymphoid organ. It is a bilobed structure located just above the heart and aorta, behind the sternum. It is covered by fibrou covered by fibrous capsule and anatomically it is divisble into an outer cortex and an inner medulla. It secretos four hormones such as thymulin, thymosin, thymopoietin and thymie humoral factor (THE) function of thymus is the production of immuno competent 'T' lymphocytes which provides cell mediated immunity
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Assertion : B lymphocytes leave the bone marrow and mature in thymus gland. Reason : Once mature, they accumulate in the same areas of T cellls.