| Front | Organized tissues characterized by very large numbers of lymphocytes interacting with a nonlymphoid stroma. The central, or primary, organs of this kind, where lymphocytes are generated, are the thymus and bone marrow. The main peripheral, or secondary, organs of this kind, in which adaptive immune responses are initiated, are the lymph nodes, spleen, and mucosa-associated lymphoid organs such as tonsils and Peyer’s patches |
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| Back | lymphoid organs |
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