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adenoids (pharyngeal/Luschka/third tonsils)
Development:
- a collection of more or less closely aggregated lymphoid nodules on the posterior wall & roof of the nasopharynx.
- they are at their peak of their development during childhood.
Pathology:
- when enlarged referred to as adenoids
General
organ
References
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
3.Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence &
Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Company, Inc, 1979.
Component-of
lymphatic system
oropharynx (velum)
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