Assertion: thymus | /r/HasProperty | protected
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: well
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The thymus gland is located in the upper chest area just behind the sternum (breast bone), above the heart, so it is well protected.
text: Signaling a renewed interest in the thymic gland, Vesalius wrote in the 1600s that the thymus was simply a protective thoracic cushion.