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tonsil

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002372

Either of the two small almond-shaped masses of lymph tissue found on either side of the oropharynx. [ MP:0002380 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]

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Term information

database cross reference
  • Wikipedia:Tonsil
  • BTO:0001387
  • MA:0000143
  • EMAPA:35871
  • UMLS:C0836921 (ncithesaurus:Tonsil)
  • EV:0100052
  • VHOG:0001139
  • EFO:0001401
  • UMLS:C1519548 (ncithesaurus:Tonsillar_Lymphoid_Tissue)
  • GAID:341
  • MESH:D014066
  • CALOHA:TS-1053
  • FMA:9609
  • NCIT:C12802
  • neuronames:671
  • UMLS:C1519547 (ncithesaurus:Tonsilar_Tissue)
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

curator note

the term 'tonsil' can be ambiguous, sometimes refering specifically to the palatine tonsil, sometimes generically to include the cecal tonsils of avians. This class represents lymphoid tissue that is part of the tonsillar ring, in the mouth/throat region

id

UBERON:0002372

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606