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palatine tonsil
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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 ]
Term info
Label
palatine tonsil
Synonyms
- faucial tonsil
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Illu_mouth.jpg
development notes
tonsillar fossa develops from dorsal portion of pouch 2. Note that pharyngeal and lingual tonsils do not develop from pharyngeal pouches
dubious for taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9989
has broad synonym
tonsil
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
tonsilla palatina, Gaumenmandel@de
id
UBERON:0002373