Palatine tonsil

Preferred Label : Palatine tonsil;

FMA definition : Tonsil, each instance of which consists of submucosal masses of lymphoid tissue located beteen some palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches on either side of some oropharynx.;

Synonyme FMA : Faucial tonsil;

Details

Origin ID

9610;

UMLS CUI

C0040421;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Palatine Tonsil [NCIt concept]
- Palatine tonsillar structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tonsil [LOINC System]
- Tonsil [NCIt concept]
- palatine tonsil [Radlex concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH Descriptor]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH concept]
- tonsil, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Drained by (lymphatic)
- Superior lateral deep cervical lymphatic chain [FMA entity]
Member of
- Tonsillar ring [FMA entity]
Partie Systemique FMA
- Pharynx [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Palatine Tonsil [NCIt concept]
- Palatine tonsillar structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palatine tonsil [Radlex concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH concept]
- palatine tonsil [UBERON concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH Descriptor]
- tonsil, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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