| Lymph: Tubal tonsil | |
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| External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. (Tubal tonsil not labeled, but region is visible at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | tonsilla tubaria |
The tubal tonsil is one of the four main tonsil groups which include the Palatine tonsil, the Lingual tonsil, the Pharyngeal tonsil, and the Tubal tonsil.
The tubal tonsil is very close to the torus tubarius,[1] which is why this tonsil is sometimes also called the tonsil of (the) torus tubarius.[2] Equating the torus with its tonsil however might be seen as incorrect or imprecise.
It is located posterior to the opening of the Eustachian tube into the nasopharynx.[3]
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