Waldeyer's tonsillar ring

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Waldeyer's tonsillar ring is an anatomical term describing the lymphoid tissue ring located in the pharynx.

It was named after the nineteenth century German anatomist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz.^[1]

The ring consists of (from superior to inferior):

• Adenoids (also termed pharyngeal tonsils)
• Tubal tonsils
• Palatine tonsils (more commonly termed "the tonsils", less commonly termed "faucial tonsils")
• Lingual tonsils

[edit] References

1. ^ synd/2061 at Who Named It

v • d • e Lymphatics of head and neck Head Posterior Occipital - Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid: Superficial - Deep (Preauricular, Infra-auricular, Intraglandular) Anterior Facial (Buccinator, Nasolabial) - Mandibular Submandibular - Submental Neck/Cervical Superficial cervical: Superficial anterior cervical - Superficial lateral cervical Deep cervical: Deep anterior cervical (Pretracheal, Paratracheal, Prelaryngeal, Thyroid) - Deep lateral cervical (Superior deep cervical, Inferior deep cervical, Retropharyngeal, Jugulodigastric, Jugulo-omohyoid) Anterior cervical - Lateral cervical Supraclavicular (Virchow's) Jugular trunk Tonsils/Waldeyer's tonsillar ring Palatine - Lingual - Pharyngeal - Tubal