LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 4MC
What is the function of the blood-thymus barrier?
| a. | It protects maturing T-lymphocytes from antigens in the blood. |
| b. | It filters the blood and starts an immune response when necessary. |
| c. | It subdivides the thymus into a cortex and a medulla. |
| d. | It forms thymic corpuscles. |
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