Foundational Model of Anatomy

Last uploaded: May 13, 2019
Preferred Name

Pharyngeal tonsil

Synonyms

Nasopharyngeal tonsil

Tonsil of Luschka

Adenoid

Definitions

Tonsil, each instance of which is some mass of lymphoid tissue in the roof and posterior wall of some nasopharynx.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma54970

definition

Tonsil, each instance of which is some mass of lymphoid tissue in the roof and posterior wall of some nasopharynx.

FMAID

54970

label

Pharyngeal tonsil

non-English equivalent

Tonsilla pharyngealis

preferred name

Pharyngeal tonsil

prefixIRI

fma:fma54970

synonym

Nasopharyngeal tonsil

Tonsil of Luschka

Adenoid

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma9609

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