在人的口腔后部,左右咽峡侧壁各有一块类似半个小扁桃样的粉红色组织,这就是人们常说的扁桃体。扁桃体分为咽扁桃体、舌扁桃体和腭扁桃体。咽扁桃体也叫腺样体,位于鼻咽腔的后上方,不借助器械无法看清它的真面目;舌扁桃体位于舌根的后下部,如果用压舌板用力压舌的根部,可看到一部分;腭扁桃体位于咽峡侧壁,张大口时就能看到的实际上是腭扁桃体,习惯叫做扁桃体。扁桃体是由淋巴滤泡和致密纤维结缔组织构成,表面覆有鳞状上皮组织,上皮组织向扁桃体深部陷入并在扁桃体内反复分枝形成不同深度的 In the back of the mouth, the left and right pharyngeal wall side have a similar half of the small almond-like pink tissue, which is commonly known as tonsils. Tonsils are divided into pharyngeal tonsils, tongue tonsils and tonsils. Pharyngeal tonsil also known as adenoid, located in the top of the nasopharynx cavity, without the help of equipment can not see its true colors; tongue tonsil is located in the lower part of the tongue base, if you use the tongue depressor tongue force the tongue, you can see part; The palatine tonsil is located on the side of the wall of the pharyngeal isthmus, which can be seen when the mouth is open. It is actually the tonsil, which is used to be called tonsil. Tonsils are composed of lymphatic follicles and dense fibrous connective tissue, the surface covered with squamous epithelium, the epithelial tissue into the deep tonsils and repeatedly branching in the tonsils to form different depths