Preferred Label : cecal tonsil;
Uberon definition : A thickened round patch of lymphoid tissue located at the ileocecal junction adjacent
to the sacculus rotundus.;
Uberon synonym : caecal tonsil;
Uberon related term : cecal GALT;
Uberon Taxon note : In avians the polycryptic cecal tissue is similar to the mammalian palatine tonsil;
Origin ID : 0013478;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
A thickened round patch of lymphoid tissue located at the ileocecal junction adjacent
to the sacculus rotundus.
