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THE NASOPHARYNGEAL (ADENOIDAL) TONSIL & "WALDEYER'S
RING HN 265
("Adenoid" - "resembling
B
(A) SCHEMATIC TMEDIAN a gland")
SECTION
BODY OF SPHENOID
THE NASOPHARYNGEAL BARI-OCCIPITAL BONE
TONSIL is a true tousil with
a structure almost identical NASOPHARYNGEAL TONSIL IS
to that of the PALATINE UNPAIRED.
TONSIL, except its crypts TUBAL TONSIL
are less marked. ( TEXT).
OPENING OF AUDITORY
If is covered with (PHARYNGO-TYMPANIC)
RESPIRATORY TUBE.
EPITHELIUM (the
epithelium of The naso-
pharynx). Its GROWTH
CHANGES follow dovely PALATINE TONSIL
Those of the palatine tousils "LINGUAL TONSIL"
(q.v.). A pathologically
enbaged nasopharyngeal The lymphoid tissue
tonsil is commonly referred illustrated is ONE (the
to as an ADENOID. A RIGHT) HALF OF
grosely enlarged "WALDEYER'S RING" -
nasopharynged tonsil "gaaedie" "the entrances to
restricts the offering between The pharynx from outside
the NASO- & ORO- Notice that the "ring is
PHARYNX & Caused
HYPONASAL SPEECH ( B K.E.W. discontinuons - and not
The TUBAL TONSILS are circular (B, below)
so called because they
surround The
PHARYNGEAL
OPENINGS of The NASOPHARYNGEAL TONSIL. NOTE
PHARYNGO-TYMPANIC GROOVES
(AUDITORY) TUBES. Like TUBAL
the lingual tonsil" They are TONSIL
not true foutils, but
NASO- PHARYNGO-TYMPANIC
PHARYNX (AUDITORY) TUBE
Only PALATE (CARTILAGINOUS PART)
lymphoid tissue
embedded in the mucosa,
without a capsule. INTRATONSILLAR CLEFT
Enlargement of the tuod PALATINE
tonsil can cause conduction TONSIL
deafness (q.v.) Adenoidal
tonsillectomy involves
telling out The naso- “LINGUAL
phatynged tonsil with its TONGUE TONSIL”
HEMICAPSULE. LYMPH
from The nasopharygeal CUT
tonsile drains to deep (B) SCHEMATIC VIEW OF POSTERIOR
cervical notes at the K.E.W. ORO- & NASO-PHARYNGEAL WALLS
AFTER SECTIONG IN PLANE (B) –(B)
anterior border of (ature) - VIEWED FROM FRONT
sternocleidomastoid m. near
the wastid process (q.v).
K.E.W.
