thoracic thymus
A mature thymus that is entirely part of thoracic region. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the thoracic thymus is
A mature thymus that is entirely part of thoracic region. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the thoracic thymus is
It sits in the thorax and trunk, within the endocrine and lymphatic & immune systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the thoracic thymus connects to
The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of thoracic segment of trunk.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the thoracic thymus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0009115, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: thoracic segment of trunk.
- A kind of: thymus, trunk region element and viscus.
- located in: thoracic cavity.
Questions
Where is the thoracic thymus?
It sits in the thorax and trunk, within the endocrine and lymphatic & immune systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the thoracic thymus connect to?
Part of: thoracic segment of trunk.
Is the thoracic thymus the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.