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palatine tonsil
- Term ID
- UBERON:0002373
- Synonyms
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- faucial tonsil
- Gaumenmandel@de
- tonsil
- tonsilla palatina
- Definition
- 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
- References
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- BTO:0004714
- EFO:0001977
- EMAPA:35644
- EV:0100393
- MA:0000775
- MAT:0000291
- MIAA:0000291
- NCIT:C33250
- Palatine:tonsil
- UMLS:C0040421
- VHOG:0001140
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0040421
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/265787001
- Ontology
- Uberon Ontology
- develops from
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- is a type of
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