Tags: Anatomical Structure, Lymph.

Waldeyer’s tonsillar ring (also pharyngeal lymphoid ring or Waldeyer’s lymphatic ring) is an anatomical term collectively describing the annular arrangement of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx. Waldeyer’s ring circumscribes the naso- and oropharynx with some of its tonsillar tissue located above and some below the soft palate (and to the back of the oral cavity).

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