GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) is a network of lymphoid cell aggregates and tissue that is distributed in submucosal layers of the gastrointestinal, genital, respiratory, and urinary tracts, as well as in the eyes, skin, thyroid, breasts, tonsils, and salivary glands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The nomenclature incorporates location; therefore, MALT is understood to include gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), bronchial/tracheal-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT), nose-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT), and vulvovaginal-associated lymphoid tissue (VALT).

Detailed explanation-3: -It is scattered along the mucosal lining in the human body. It constitutes the important component of human lymph tissue. It protects the body from antigens.-MALT are found in tonsils, Peyer patches, appendix, gastrointestinal tract, oral passage, nasopharyngeal tract, breast, lungs, salivary glands, eyes, skin etc.