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Credit: The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![rib on each side to the spine, leaving a large space before the vertebriE for the passage of the aesophagus. In other parts the npper opening of the thorax is shnt by this fascia being nnited to the nerves, arteries, veins, and trachea. In the foetal calf and the lamb, a portion of this fascia forms a yoke to the isthnuis of the Thymns Gland by crossing it in extending from one jugnlar vein to the other. The Dissection of the Thymns Gland in the Human Suhject. The Thymus Gland is formed of two distinct bodies ; they are generally separated from each other as regards glandular substance, and therefore may be j)roperly called a right and left Thymus Gland. The organ is connected to the surrounding parts by an envelo])e of coarse cellular membrane, which not only fixes it in its situation, but also unites the two Glands of which it is composed, so as to require a delicate dissection to separate them. When this membraneous covering is removed, the sub-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21300367_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
