Which of the Following Does Not Describe the Thymus

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not describe the thymus?

• A) It is located in the thorax, above the heart.
• B) It removes aged RBCs from circulation.
• C) It decreases in size as a person ages.
• D) It produces T-lymphocytes.
• E) It produces a hormone called thymosin.

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Definitions:

Converted

A state of being changed from one form, function, or use to another, often referring to energy conversion, religious conversion, or data format transformation.

Transfer RNA

A type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during protein synthesis.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid, the building blocks of proteins.

Ribosomes

Cellular structures where protein synthesis occurs, reading mRNA to assemble amino acids into polypeptide chains.