PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THYMUS

Abstract

The formation of the immune system in the process of ontogenesis, in particular, the formation of the thymus as an organ responsible for central immunity, is determined by the relationship between the mother and the fetus and the period of early adaptation of the child to the conditions of life after birth. As a rule, in early postnatal ontogenesis, the immune system is in a temporary state and continues to form under the influence of various external factors.