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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.
Term:palatine tonsil
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Definition:Tonsils on the left and right sides at the back of the throat. one of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT), located at the entrance to the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts to protect the body from the entry of exogenous material through mucosal sites[WP].
Comment:[development-note] "tonsillar fossa develops from dorsal portion of pouch 2. Note that pharyngeal and lingual tonsils do not develop from pharyngeal pouches" xsd:string {source="ISBN:1607950324"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: faucial tonsil
 broad_synonym: tonsil
 related_synonym: tonsilla palatina
 xref: BTO:0004714;   EFO:0001977;   EMAPA:35644;   EV:0100393;   FMA:9610;   MA:0000775;   MAT:0000291;   MESH:D014066;   MIAA:0000291;   NCI:C33250;   SCTID:265787001;   UMLS:C0040421;   VHOG:0001140;   Wikipedia:Palatine_tonsil
 external_ontology: dubious_for_taxon NCBITaxon:9989;   present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          endoderm-derived structure 0
            palatine tonsil 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          foregut 0
                            pharyngeal region of foregut 0
                              pharyngeal arch system 0
                                entire pharyngeal arch endoderm 0
                                  early pharyngeal endoderm 0
                                    pharyngeal pouch 0
                                      pharyngeal pouch 2 0
                                        dorsal part of pharyngeal pouch 2 0
                                          palatine tonsil 0
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