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palatine tonsil

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002373

Tonsils on the left and right sides at the back of the throat. one of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT), located at the entrance to the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts to protect the body from the entry of exogenous material through mucosal sites[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_tonsil ]

Synonyms: faucial tonsil

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

RO 0002174

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9989

UBPROP 0000011

tonsillar fossa develops from dorsal portion of pouch 2. Note that pharyngeal and lingual tonsils do not develop from pharyngeal pouches

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Illu_mouth.jpg

has related synonym

tonsilla palatina

id

UBERON:0002373

prefLabel

Palatine tonsil