Morphological and Anatomical Features of the Thymus in Newborns

The article examines the anatomical structures of the thymus in 21 thoracic children and elderly people (corpses). As a result of scientific research – thymus consists of lobules. Longitudinal connective tissue fibers pass under the capsule, predominantly collagen type. A different "age" of Gassal's bodies is noticeable. On the brain layer multiple small blood capillaries and lymph slits, and lymphocytes occur. In infants, weight averages 12 to 19 g. Determined during autopsy, thymus in elderly people yellowish gray. Its surface is flat, thin and soft. As thymus gland reduction, its parenchyma is gradually replaced by adipose tissue. At elderly people weigh an average of 6-8 g.