MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tonsils are small, round pieces of tissue located in the back of the mouth on both sides of the throat. The adenoid is a clump of tissue located behind the nasal cavity above the roof of the mouth. Tonsils and adenoids fight infection and can become enlarged when they get infected.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are tonsils? Your tonsils are two round, fleshy masses in the back of your throat (pharynx). Part of your immune system, your tonsils are like lymph nodes. They help filter out germs that enter through your nose or mouth to protect the rest of your body from infection.

Detailed explanation-3: -tonsil, small mass of lymphatic tissue located in the wall of the pharynx at the rear of the throat of humans and other mammals. In humans, the term is used to designate any of three sets of tonsils, most commonly the palatine tonsils.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tonsils are lymphoid nodules located along the inner surface of the pharynx and are important in developing immunity to oral pathogens (Figure Figure 18.5. 1). The tonsil located at the back of the throat, the pharyngeal tonsil, is sometimes referred to as the adenoid when swollen.