Undifferentiated cells that migrate to the thymus gland develop into which of the following?
A) A lymphocytes
B) D lymphocytes
C) T lymphocytes
D) S lymphocytes
C
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The thymus gland is lymphatic tissue in the upper chest that contains undifferentiated stem cells released from bone marrow. Once the undifferentiated cells migrate to the thymus gland, they develop into T lymphocytes because they are thymus derived. Options A, B, and D are distractors for this question.
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