palatine tonsil

UBERON:0002373 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

Tonsils on the left and right sides at the back of the throat. one of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT), located at the entrance to the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts to protect the body from the entry of exogenous material through mucosal sites[WP]. — UBERON

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Tonsils > Palatine/Faucial	—

Broader habitats

tonsil BTO:0001387
tonsil UBERON:0002372

Also called

Palatine/Faucial — GOLD
faucial tonsil — UBERON
tonsil — UBERON
tonsilla palatina — UBERON

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

GROUND 2026-08-16 · claude-opus-5
Grounded to UBERON:0002373 'palatine tonsil' (EXACT). Variant-match review (#12): the variant route reaches UBERON:0001682 'palatine BONE', which is a mid-palate dermal bone. The path is Lymphatic system > Tonsils, so the palatine (faucial) tonsil is meant. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Tonsils > Palatine/Faucial (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.c4555cf242)

Provenance

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