nasal-associated lymphoid tissue
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012330
The lymphocytic cell population present in the mucosa of the nasopharyngeal duct of some animals. [ ncithesaurus:Nasal-Associated_Lymphoid_Tissue ]
Synonyms: naso-pharyngeal lymphoid tissue, NALT
Term info
database cross reference
- FMA:79771
- UMLS:C2698431 (ncithesaurus:Nasal-Associated_Lymphoid_Tissue)
- MA:0003030
- NCIT:C77659
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0012330
prefLabel
Naso-pharyngeal lymphoid tissue
Term relations
Subclass of:
- gut-associated lymphoid tissue
- endoderm-derived structure
- overlaps some mucosa of nasopharynx
- part of some nasopharynx