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Tubal tonsil

Lymph: Tubal tonsil

External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. (Tubal tonsil not labeled, but region is visible at bottom right.)
Latin	tonsilla tubaria
Dorlands/Elsevier	t_13/12812476

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.

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It is located posterior to the opening of the pharyngotympanic tube into the nasopharynx.^[1]

References

^ Patricia Brady Wilhelm; Marieb, Elaine Nicpon; Mallatt, Jon (2005). Human anatomy. San Francisco: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 572. ISBN 0805355111.

v • d • e Lymphatics of head and neck
Head	Occipital - Mastoid - Parotid (Preauricular) - Buccinator - Submandibular - Submental - Retropharyngeal
Neck	Cervical (Superficial, Superior deep, Inferior deep) - Supraclavicular (Virchow's) - Paratracheal - Jugular trunk
Tonsils/Waldeyer's tonsillar ring	Palatine - Lingual - Adenoid - Tubal