The thymus as an endocrine gland: properties of thymosin, a new thymus hormone. Recent Progr Hormone Res. 1970;26:505-38.Goldstein, A. L., Asanuma, Y., White, A.: The thymus as an endocrine gland: properties of thymosin, a new thymus hormone. Recent Progr. Hormone Res. 26 , 505–...
Your thyroid is an endocrine gland like the thymus. The thyroid is higher up in your body, in your neck. While both glands are a part of your endocrine system, they have different functions. The thyroid gland is responsible for releasing hormones that controlmetabolism, whereas your thymus is...
The idea that the thymus might be considered as an endocrine gland integrated in the complex hormonal network regulating the growth and the internal homeostasis of high organisms was first suggested by the observations that this organ seemed to be functionally active only before puberty, when the ma...
A lymphoid endocrine gland in the chest involved in immunity. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: timo thymus [ˈθaɪməs]N(thymuses, thymi (pl))[ˈθaɪmaɪ]...
The endocrine gland producing thymosins, thymopoetins, thymulin and other immunohormones. It is the primary lymphatic organ where maturation and differentiation of T lymphocytes, which are able to detect antigens, occurs. Concurrently, elimination of the majority of autoreactive clones of T lymphocyte...
thymus gland- a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age thymus ductless gland,endocrine gland,endocrine- any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream ...
The thymus is anendocrine glandthat has at least two regulatory roles in the growth and maturation of host immunological competence. These roles are: (a) the production and export to the peripheral tissues, notably to the spleen andlymph nodesof specificlymphoid cells, termedT cells, that provid...
肾上腺The adrenal gland 肾上腺位于肾脏上方,左右各一。肾上腺分为两部分:外周部分为皮质,占大部分;中心部为髓质,占小部分。皮质是腺垂体的一个靶腺,而髓质则受交感神经节前纤维直接支配。 The adrenal gland is located above the kidney, and each one is...
The idea that the thymus might be considered as an endocrine gland integrated in the complex hormonal network regulating the growth and the internal homeostasis of high organisms was first suggested by the observations that this organ seemed to be functionally active only before puberty, when the ma...
There are eight endocrine glands in the body: pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, adrenals, pancreas and gonads. 身体中有八个内分泌腺体:脑垂体、松果体、甲状腺、副甲状腺、胸腺、肾上腺、胰腺和性腺。 As the animal matures, the thymus gland disappears. Sweetbreads may be broiled, fr...