Tonsillar crypts
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title:
Tonsillar crypts
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The human palatine tonsils (PT) are covered by stratified squamous epithelium that extends into deep and partly branched tonsillar crypts, of which there are about 10 to 30. The crypts greatly increase the contact surface between environmental influences and lymphoid tissue. In an average adult palatine tonsil the estimated epithelial surface area of the crypts is 295 cm2, in addition to the 45 cm2 of epithelium covering the oropharyngeal surface. The crypts extend through the full thickness of
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Deep indentations in human tonsils
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillar_crypts
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2024-01-11T15:26:23Z
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