tonsillar pits
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cryptae tonsillares tonsillae palatinae — [TA] tonsillar crypts of palatine tonsil: crypts within a palatine tonsil, representing the blind ends of the tonsillar pits … Medical dictionary
cryptae tonsillares tonsillae pharyngealis — [TA] tonsillar crypts of pharyngeal tonsil: crypts found within a pharyngeal tonsil, representing the blind ends of the tonsillar pits … Medical dictionary
fossulae tonsillares — [TA] tonsillar pits: the mouths of the tonsillar crypts of the pharyngeal tonsils and palatine tonsils … Medical dictionary
tonsil — tonsillar, tonsilar, tonsillary /ton seuh ler ee/, adj. /ton seuhl/, n. Anat. a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat. [1595 1605; < L tonsillae (pl.) the tonsils] * * * Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the … Universalium
Crypt — In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit in an otherwise fairly flat surface. Cryptic in the case of the tonsils refer to the tonsillar crypts which are little pitlike depressions in the tonsils … Medical dictionary
fossula — 1. [NA] A small fossa. 2. A minor fissure or slight depression on the surface of the cerebrum. SYN: fossette (1). [L. dim. of fossa, ditch] f. fenestrae cochleae [TA] SYN: fossa of round window. f. fenestrae vestibuli [TA] SYN: fossa of oval wi … Medical dictionary
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Mucous membrane of the soft palate — Gray s subject #243 1141 The mucous membrane of the soft palate is thin, and covered with stratified squamous epithelium on both surfaces, excepting near the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, where it is columnar and ciliated. According to… … Wikipedia
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