Effect of Radiation on the Thymus Gland

Abstract

This article is devoted to morphological indicators in the study of the state of pathologies of the thymus gland, thymus tissue under irradiation, which are urgent problems of modern radiology and immunology, as well as the prediction of the occurrence of the disease, which presents an analysis of the morphometric parameters of the rat thymus after irradiation. The study was conducted on 64 white-beardless 6-month-old rats. The results of the study of the morphometry of the thymus showed that in postnatal ontogenesis, their average mass, size, thickness of layers varied in different ways. The volume of the thymus, length, perimeter and thickness of thymocytes varies unevenly depending on age. In rats with chronic radiation exposure, the growth rate of these parameters is slowed down in comparison with the control group.