Talk:Tonsil

Some
Some discussion about the current medical view of removing of the tonsils as a pre-emptive means of decreasing how frequently people get sick with a cold and/or flu, and how effective this is, would be of interest to me. Electrosoccertux 18:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Tonsils store microbies which helps prevent dental caries (streptococcus mutans). Only if one gets right bacteria from (usually) parents. (This is merely a hypothesis. Non proven V.O.P) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.150.82.190 (talk) 07:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Image Has Tonsil Stone
Has anyone else noticed that the includes quite a healthy tonsil stone? Am I the only one that thinks this is disgusting? We need to replace this image ASAP with a picture of a throat with better hygeine; this is just unacceptable. Would a picture of an anus with a smear of feces be acceptable for the anus entry? I think not. Trollaxor (talk) 15:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

No. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.38.84 (talk) 20:15, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

All the better for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.123.254.61 (talk) 08:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Squamous cell carinoma
Should this line (squamous cell carinoma) say squamous cell carcinoma? Thought it was a simple spelling mistake but am not very knowledgable in this area... please advise. --Marshmellis (talk) 04:59, 27 April 2008 (UTC) your right. i've changed it.Oakleysmith (talk) 20:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes it should be carcinoma. It is a typo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.208.167 (talk) 02:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Role in immune system
I was wondering if anyone could explain what role the tonsils play in the lymphatic system. Do they secrete antibodies into the throat, or what? I would like to know the specific thing they do to fight infection. Orthografer (talk) 06:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Types Table
This has obviously been taken from somewhere else, howevever the column titles haven't also been copied over so some sections make no sense - e.g. yes/no to what exactly? I would fix this but there's no indication of the source of the table and without it I don't know what the info is that needs filling in 77.102.173.23 (talk) 11:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

English please?
The human palatine tonsils and the nasopharyngeal tonsil are lymphoepithelial tissues located near the oropharynx and nasopharynx Mmavipc (talk) 05:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It is technically still English, but it is medical jargon. The terms are wikilinked, but the MOS states that the meaning of jargon should be explained on the page, without readers having to visit another page for an explanation. Lesion  ( talk ) 01:09, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Generally...
While 'tonsils' commonly refer to the palatine tonsils, there's no mention of what features are common to all structures termed 'tonsils'. 137.43.182.243 (talk) 09:18, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sort of agree, all we have is "collections of lymphoid tissue" but there are other tissues in the human body which are lymphoid tissue and are not called tonsils. I would add, facing into the aerodigestive tract to be specific about their location. Lesion  ( talk ) 01:03, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Reference to unpublished theories
One theory proposes that the tonsillar crypts and possibly the Tonsilloliths are culture areas where bacteria and possibly viri can grow (like in a Petri dish), possibly so the immune system is able to produce specific antibodies against them before they infect the organism, and/or possibly to produce useful metabolites (Schenker, unpublished).

Is there a reference to this unpublished theory. How did it end up in here? Achille (talk) 13:22, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out, . This certainly does not meed our medical information sourcing guidelines. I invite you to make this change. There's a group of anatomy editors at WikiProject Anatomy and feel free to contact us if you have any other comments about anatomy articles. Cheers, --Tom (LT) (talk) 20:01, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Main known Causes/Pathogenesis/Predisposition of Tonsillar Hypertrophy
I think there should be a section about what increases the chances of someone having Tonsillar Hypertrophy. Is it mainly genetic or does other factors contributes to it? —Arthurfragoso (talk) 14:32, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Cerebellar Tonsils
You forgot to mention. Please edit. 2600:1700:A510:85C0:5C3D:2F5F:3CFA:CC47 (talk) 16:07, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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