Palatine tonsil

4. Palatoglossal fold
Tongue
Palatopharyngeal fold
Tonsil
Soft palate

8.  In Children- Enlarged
 Adults- Diminished
 Tonsils are infected frequently, hence the exact
size cannot be determined.

9. Two Surfaces
- Medial
- Lateral
Two Borders
- Anterior
-Posterior
Two Ends
- Upper end
- Lower end

10. - Tonsillar pits
- Intra-tonsillar cleft
- Embryonic folds
- Plica triangularis
- Plica semilunaris

14.  Suspensory ligaments of the tonsil
 Attachment of Palatopharyngeus and
Palatoglossus muscles to the fibrous capsule
of the tonsils.
 Peri-Vascular stalks.

17. Jugulo digastric
group of upper
deep cervical
lymph nodes.
Principal node of
tonsil

18. CHRI 18
 Glossopharyngeal
nerve
 Greater & Lesser
palatine nerves

19. TONSILLITIS PARATONSILLAR ABSCESS

20.  Tonsillectomy
 Bleeding during tonsillectomy – Paratonsillar
vein
 Otalgia