loading...| Preferred Name | palatine tonsil | |
| Synonyms |
tonsilla palatina tonsil faucial tonsil |
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| Definitions |
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]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002373 |
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| altLabel |
tonsilla palatina tonsil faucial tonsil |
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| ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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| ccf_part_of | ||
| ccf_pref_label |
palatine tonsil |
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| 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]. |
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| depiction |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Illu_mouth.jpg |
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| development_notes |
tonsillar fossa develops from dorsal portion of pouch 2. Note that pharyngeal and lingual tonsils do not develop from pharyngeal pouches |
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| dubious for taxon | ||
| has broad synonym |
tonsil |
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| has exact synonym |
faucial tonsil |
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| has related synonym |
tonsilla palatina |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| id |
UBERON:0002373 |
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| in_subset | ||
| label |
palatine tonsil |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002373 |
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| prefLabel |
palatine tonsil |
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| xRef |
MA:0000775 BTO:0004714 FMA:9610 VHOG:0001140 EFO:0001977 UMLS:C0040421 MAT:0000291 EV:0100393 MIAA:0000291 NCIT:C33250 SCTID:265787001 EMAPA:35644 MESH:D014066 Wikipedia:Palatine_tonsil |
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