Lymph System Flashcards
1
Q
Epithelio-reticular (ERC) Type 1
A
Primary support cells in cortex
2
Q
ERC Type II
A
- Stellate-shaped
- formed cytoreticulum
- held together by desmosomes
- make some reticulin
3
Q
ERC Type III
A
- form tight junction barrier b/w cortex & medullar regions
4
Q
ERC Type IV, V & VI
A
- Medullar
- Endoderm
5
Q
ERC Type IV
A
- Reticulin
- Endoderm
6
Q
ERC Type VI
A
- form Hassal’s corpuscles or bodies
- make hormones for thymus & other stuctures
- endoderm