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tonsilla

NOUN
  1. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx

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  • Results The tonsillar dendritic cell sarcoma had no characteristic clinical manifestations.
  • Objective To summarize the experiences in diagnosis and treatment of peritonsillar abscess.
  • We hypothesize that an "epidemic" of HP infection in the oropharynx, due to changed sexual habits, may contribute to the significant increase in incidence of tonsillar cancer, " they write.
  • The tonsillar capsule was dissected away from the underlying superior constrictor muscle with the dissection continued along the anterior tonsillar pillar towards the posterior tonsillar pillar (open book technique).
  • The inferior vermis is subdivided from before backward, into (1) the nodule, (2) the uvula, (3) the pyramid, and (4) the tuber vermis; the corresponding parts on the hemispheres are (1) the flocculus, (2) the tonsilla cerebelli, (3) the biventral lobule, and (4) the inferior semilunar lobule. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
  • Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches across the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the plica triangularis. XI. Splanchnology. 2b. The Fauces
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  • The two tonsillar pillars define the palatine tonsils anteriorly and posteriorly.
  • The published figure does not accurately depict a peritonsillar abscess, nor does it show correct needle placement and angulation for safe drainage of an abscess.
  • The three distinct tonsillar masses include the palatine, lingual, and pharyngeal (clinically, the adenoids), which form an incomplete ring around the entrance to the throat.
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