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Plate 9.162 Palatine Tonsil

Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D., Adel K. Afifi, M.D., Paul M. Heidger, Jr., Ph.D.
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PALATINE TONSIL

Human, 10% formalin, H. & E., 50 x.

Crypt: Epithelial invaginations into the tonsillar substance lined by surface epithelium.

Stratified squamous epithelium: Covers the free surface of the tonsil and lines the crypts.

Lymphold nodule: Compact aggregate of lymphocytes in the midst of a diffuse sheet of lymphatic tissue. Occurs close to the epithelium. May contain germinal centers.

Lymphocytes: Predominant cell type in the palatine tonsil.

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