T-cell lymphocytes are produced in the
A) bone marrow.
B) spleen.
C) thymus gland.
D) blood.

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Some of the stem cells migrate to the thymus gland, where they become T-cells (T lymphocytes), which multiply and develop the capacity to combine with specific foreign antigens derived from viruses, fungi, tumors, or transplanted tissue. Those T-cells coded to recognize self-antigens are destroyed. The remaining T-cells are coded to seek out foreign invaders. Helper T-cells stimulate the B-cells to differentiate into plasma cells and to produce more antibodies.

T-Cell Lymphocytes Are Produced in the