lingual tonsil
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007250
The lymph tissue on the floor of the oropharyngeal passage, near the root of the tongue. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg MP:0002385 ]
Synonyms: lingual tonsillar tissue
Term info
- SCTID:276957006
- UMLS:C0229871 (ncithesaurus:Lingual_Tonsil)
- FMA:54836
- Wikipedia:Lingual_tonsils
- NCIT:C32988
- MA:0000773
pheno_slim
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Illu04_tongue.jpg
tonsilla lingualis
uberon
UBERON:0007250
Lingual tonsil
Term relations
- lateral structure
- tonsil
- part of some posterior part of tongue
- in lateral side of some posterior part of tongue