ANATOMY
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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Appendix
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MALT
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Tonsils
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Spleen
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mucosa of the digestive, respiratory and urinary tracts often contains small aggregations of lymphocytes called lymphoid follicles. These are called ‘Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue ‘ (MALT). In some cases, these aggregations are large, and confluent. This happens in the tonsils, peyers patches and the appendix.
Detailed explanation-2: -MALTs are located directly beneath the mucosal epithelia cell layer, only separated from the outside world by the follicle-associated epithelium. They serve as immune inductive sites and harbor well-organized lymphoid structures.
Detailed explanation-3: -The MALT include the tonsils, and all the tissues associated with the mucosal surfaces of the respiratory tract, of the intestinal tract, referred to as the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), and including the Peyer’s patches of the ileum, and of the genitourinary tract.