The lymph tissue in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg MP:0002384 ]
Synonyms: tonsil of Luschka nasopharyngeal tonsil adenoid tonsilla pharyngealis
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Term information
database
cross reference
- UMLS:C0001428 (ncithesaurus:Pharyngeal_Tonsil)
- BTO:0000777
- EV:0100054
- GAID:1288
- MA:0000774
- SCTID:181199001
- FMA:54970
- MESH:D000234
- NCIT:C33318
- Wikipedia:Pharyngeal_tonsil
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nasal-associated lymphoid tissue
- tonsil
- part of some nasopharynx
- contributes to morphology of some tonsillar ring