Hassall's corpuscles are an identifying histologic characteristic of the:
a. Gut-associated lymphoid tissue of the digestive system
b. Lymph nodes
c. Spleen
d. Thymus
e. Tonsils
ANS: D
Aggregations of thymic reticular-epithelial cells form Hassall's corpuscles in the medulla of the thymus.
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