Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:
Which among the following gland is large sized at the time of birth but reduces in size with aging?
Options:
Peyer's patches.
Pituitary gland.
Thymus organ .
Thyroid gland.
Correct Answer:
Thymus organ .
Explanation:
The thymus is quite large at the time of birth but keeps reducing in size with age and by the time puberty is attained it reduces to a very small size. Both bone-marrow and thymus provide micro-environments for the development and maturation of T-lymphocytes.