thymus lobe

Either of the two lateral lobes that constitute the thymus. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the thymus lobe is

Either of the two lateral lobes that constitute the thymus. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the thymus lobe is

It sits 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 thymus lobe connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of material anatomical entity and thymus.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the thymus lobe. 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.

Also called

Also recorded as lateral lobe of thymus, lobe of thymus and thymus subunit. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0005483, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: material anatomical entity and thymus.
• A kind of: anatomical lobe and anatomical structure.
• subtype: left thymus lobe and right thymus lobe.
• contains: thymus lobule.

Questions

Where is the thymus lobe?

It sits 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 thymus lobe connect to?

Part of: material anatomical entity and thymus.

Is the thymus lobe 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.