Translation for 'palatine tonsils' from English to Russian

(palatine) tonsils

гланды {мн} [Tonsilla palatina]

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tonsils

миндалевидные железы {мн}анат.

• The lesser palatine arteries are arteries of the head. It is a branch of the descending palatine artery. They supply the palatine tonsils and the soft palate.
• BVDV replication has a predilection for the palatine tonsils, lymphoid tissues and epithelium of the oropharynx.
• The palatine tonsils when inflamed/swollen, more common in children, can obstruct respiration.
• Tonsils in humans include, from superior to inferior: nasopharyngeal tonsils (also known as adenoids), palatine tonsils, and lingual tonsils.
• The lingual artery supplies the tongue. It also supplies the palatine tonsils.

• Vincent described a fusospirochetal infection of the pharynx and palatine tonsils, causing "ulcero-membranous pharyngitis and tonsillitis", which later became known as Vincent's angina.
• While they most commonly occur in the palatine tonsils—they may also occur in the adenoids, lingual tonsils and tubal tonsil.
• When tonsillitis recurs frequently, often arbitrarily defined as at least five episodes of tonsillitis in a year, or when the palatine tonsils become so swollen that swallowing is difficult as well as painful, a tonsillectomy can be performed to surgically remove the tonsils.
• The adenoid, unlike the palatine tonsils, has pseudostratified epithelium.
• Tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure in which both palatine tonsils are fully removed from the back of the throat.

• Palatine tonsils, commonly called the tonsils and occasionally called the faucial tonsils, This nerve is most likely to be damaged during a tonsillectomy, which leads to reduced or lost general sensation and taste sensation to the posterior third of the tongue.