Where are the tonsils located?Are the tonsils located in front or behind the uvula.
The reason that I am asking this is because I have this almost tonsil like bump on the left side of my throat behind my uvula... it doesnt bother me but I dont have it on the other side so I am pretty curious to what it is.
Sharp
The tonsils are two clumps of tissue, on either side of the throat, embedded in a pocket at the side of the palate (roof of the mouth). The lower edge of each tonsil is beside the tongue...way in the back of the throat. The adenoids are a single clump of tissue in the back of the nose (nasopharynx). They are located (in the adult) on the back wall of the throat (pharynx)...about one inch above the uvula (the little teardrop shaped piece of tissue that hangs down in the middle of the soft palate).
Malestrom
they are behind the epiglottis, near the larynx.
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