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thymus corticomedullary boundary
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The dense region demarcating the thymus medulla from the surrounding cortex that is characterized by numerous blood vessels (predominantly arterioles) with some perivascular connective tissue, mature and immature T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, variable numbers of perivascular B-lymphocytes and plasma cells; site of entry of bone marrow stem cells and exit of mature, functional T cells [ ]
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Label
thymus corticomedullary boundary
Synonyms
- thymic cortico-medullary boundary
- thymic corticomedullary boundary
- thymic corticomedullary junction
- thymic corticomedullary zone
- thymus CMZ
- thymus cortico-medullary boundary
- thymus corticomedullary junction
- thymus corticomedullary zone
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UBERON:0003988
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- anatomical junction and has_part some (part of some cortex of thymus) and has_part some (part of some medulla of thymus)
Subclass of:
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- anatomical junction
- part of some thymus lobule
- has_part some (part of some cortex of thymus)
- has_part some (part of some medulla of thymus)
- contributes to morphology of some thymus lobule
- has_part some arteriole