The tonsillar fossa (or tonsillar sinus) is a space delineated by the triangular fold (plica triangularis) of the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches...

epiglottic vallecula; the lateral wall is made up of the tonsil, tonsillar fossa, and tonsillar (faucial) pillars; the superior wall consists of the inferior...

coblation tonsillectomy operations showed that the healing of the tonsillar fossa is much faster when this low temperature technology is used instead...

Between these two arches on the lateral walls of the oropharynx is the tonsillar fossa which is the location of the palatine tonsil. The arches are also known...

herniation 6) Upward (upward cerebellar or upward transtentorial) 7) Tonsillar (downward cerebellar) In uncal herniation, a common subtype of transtentorial...

with anterior pillar lesions and three fourths of the patients with tonsillar fossa lesions have nodal metastasis at the time of presentation itself. Metastasis...

of the tongue, the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches, the tonsillar fossa, uvula and posterior pharyngeal wall. Stimuli from the receptors of...

the lateral pharynx. Between the arches lies a triangular space, the tonsillar fossa in which lies the palatine tonsil, another lymphoid organ. The external...

risk factor due to concerns about Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Cerebellar tonsillar ectopia, or Chiari malformation, is a condition that was previously thought...

for tonsillar herniation. Neuroradiological diagnostics evaluate the severity of crowding of the neural structures within the posterior cranial fossa and...

commonly, it can also happen in odd places like the tongue, vulva, palm, tonsillar fossa, orbit, and oral cavity. The lesion usually presents as a subcutaneous...

Today, it is believed that he suffered from a T1N1 carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa. A Renehan and J C Lowry (July 1995). "The oral tumours of two American...

from the first one mainly because most of it disappears, leaving the tonsillar fossa (Rohen). At the end of the fifth month, the palatine tonsil as a protective...

occurs. In the case of epidural hematoma in the posterior cranial fossa, tonsillar herniation causes Cushing's triad: hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular...

Intra-orally, there may be swelling and erythema (redness) of the anterior tonsillar pillar (the Palatoglossal arch) and deviation of the uvula to the unaffected...

the serous glands of the mouth. tympanic nerve stylopharyngeal nerve tonsillar nerve carotid sinus nerve Branches to the posterior third of tongue lingual...

spinal arteries. the tonsil of the cerebellum (occasionally) as in a tonsillar herniation known as a Chiari malformation. The foramen magnum may be too...

treat arachnoid cysts can lead to the development of posterior fossa overcrowding and tonsillar herniation, the latter of which is the classic definition of...

10-12 mm above the level of the foramen magnum. In patients with low tonsillar position, the obex has been found at or below the plane of the foramen...

can also cause a portion of the brain to move out of place (uncal or tonsillar herniation), which can result in brain stem compression and possibly death...

structures located in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx. Waldeyer's tonsillar ring is an annular arrangement of lymphoid tissue in both the nasopharynx...