Adenoids Anatomy

Glossopharyngeal nerve via the pharyngeal plexus. Fibers from the lingual branch of the mandibular nerve.

Tonsillectomy Adenoidectomy

A small flexible tube with a lighted camera on the end is inserted into the nose or throat.

Adenoids anatomy. The tonsils begin developing early in the third month of fetal life. An mri scanner uses a high powered. It is a mass of lymphatic tissue located behind the nasal cavity in the roof of the nasopharynx where the nose blends into the throat.

Meyer first described this mucosa associated lymphoid tissue in 1868. A ct scanner takes multiple x rays and a computer constructs detailed images. The adenoid also known as a pharyngeal tonsil or nasopharyngeal tonsil is the superior most of the tonsils.

Tonsil and adenoid anatomy overview. The adenoids are a mass of lymphoid tissue in the roof of the nasopharynx located just inferior to the sphenoid sinus and anterior to the basi occiput. Laterally the adenoids blend with the lymphoid tissue of the fossa of rosenmuller near the opening of the eustachian tube.

The cilia which are microscopic hairlike projections from the surface cells move constantly in a wavelike manner and propel the blanket of mucus down to the pharynx proper. Magnetic resonance imaging mri. The adenoid is a median mass of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue.

The adenoids and tonsils work by trapping germs coming in through the mouth and nose. The tonsil consists of a mass of lymphoid follicles supported by. The adenoids exist as a rectangular mass of lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx.

The adenoid is supplied by the. The lymphatic system clears away infection and keeps body fluids in balance. The adenoids are midline structures situated on the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx.

The surface layer of the adenoids consists of ciliated epithelial cells covered by a thin film of mucus. They along with the tonsils are part of the lymphatic system. Adenoids are a patch of tissue that is high up in the throat just behind the nose.

Posterior palatine branch of the maxillary nerve.

Adenoidectomy Workup Laboratory Studies Imaging Studies