either of the two small almond-shaped masses of lymph tissue found on either side of the oropharynx [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database cross reference
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0836921
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=671
- EMAPA:35871
- GAID:341
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519548
- VHOG:0001139
- BTO:0001387
- UMLS:C1519547 (ncithesaurus:Tonsilar_Tissue)
- EV:0100052
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsil
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVivrZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- MA:0000143
- UMLS:C0836921 (ncithesaurus:Tonsil)
- UMLS:C1519548 (ncithesaurus:Tonsillar_Lymphoid_Tissue)
- MESH:A03.867.603.925
- NCIT:C12802
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519547
- CALOHA:TS-1053
- EFO:0001401
- FMA:9609
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
curator notes
the term 'tonsil' can be ambiguous, sometimes refering specifically to the palatine tonsil, sometimes generically to include the cecal tonsils of avians. This class represents lymphoid tissue that is part of the tonsillar ring, in the mouth/throat region