It develops from the 3rd throat pocket, is at first pairy, later unpaar, double-lobed. Grows until puberty begins, then gradually transforms into a fatty tissue body (except for remnants). Besides the bone marrow, the thymus is the primary lymphatic organ of the specific immune system, in which the development of [[lymphocytes|immunocompetent T lymphocytes]] from stem cells takes place.
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It develops from the 3rd throat pocket, is at first pairy, later unpaar, double-lobed. Grows until puberty begins, then gradually transforms into a fatty tissue body (except for remnants). Besides the bone marrow, the thymus is the primary lymphatic organ of the specific immune system, in which the development of [[Lymphozyten/en|immunocompetent T lymphocytes]] from stem cells takes place.
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It develops from the 3rd throat pocket, is at first pairy, later unpaar, double-lobed. Grows until puberty begins, then gradually transforms into a fatty tissue body (except for remnants). Besides the bone marrow, the thymus is the primary lymphatic organ of the specific immune system, in which the development of immunocompetent T lymphocytes from stem cells takes place.