Offensive:Racy: Likely Labels:bulletin board | door | person | sky | tree OCR: THYMUS GLAND T HE body's THYMUS is defence an system. organ It is that situated forms in part the of the upper part of the chest and consists of two lobes. Thym us tissue contains white blood cells, called lymphocy rtes, which mature under the influence of hormones produced by the thymus. These W vhite blood cells help to protect the body against disease by attacking invading organisms. The thymus large and active in children but shrinks with age. Thymus tissue Contains maturing white blood cells called lym phocytes Right lobe Left lobe attack xing
