Low power light microscope micrograph of a human thymus gland stained with HE. The thymic parenchyma is composed of lobules separated by adipose tissu

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Low power light microscope micrograph of a human thymus gland stained with HE. The thymic parenchyma is composed of lobules separated by adipose tissue, showing a dark peripheral cortex and a central clear medulla. The peripheral cortex appears more stained, due to the high density of T-lymphocyte precursor cells. In the paler centre of each lobule there are many Hassall's corpuscles.

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Keywords: anatomy, corpuscle, cortex, gland, hassal, histological, histology, human, immune, malpighian, medulla, micrograph, microscopic, microscopy, photomicrograph, section, system, thymus, tissues