The letter $\mathrm{T}$ in T-lymphocyte refers to

The letter $\mathrm{T}$ in T-lymphocyte refers to
  1. thyroid
  2. thalamus
  3. tonsil
  4. thymus

Solution

Thymus is haemopoietic as well as an endocrine gland. Thymus is the 'seedbed' of thymic lymphocytes (T-lymphocytes). Certain stem cells, originating in yolk sac and liver in early embryo, but only in bone marrow in late embryo, migrate into the thymus and proliferate to form a large number of lymphocytes. Thyroid is an endocrine gland. Thalamus is the part of forebrain in vertebrate lies above the hypothalamus. Tonsil is a mass of lymphoid tissue, several of which are situated at the back of the mouth and throat in higher vertebrates.

Asked in: NEET 2009 (Screening)

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