What are the causes of membranes over the tonsils?
Feature |
Adenoid |
Tonsils |
Capsule
|
Non Capsulated
|
Semi Capsulated
|
Epithelial Lining
|
Ciliated columnar epithelium
|
Non Keratinised Statified Epithelium
|
Number
|
One
|
Two
|
Location
|
Nasopharynx
|
Oropharynx
|
Impressions
|
Vertical crypts and Clefts
|
Crypts
|
Growth Curve
|
Maximum at 6 and regresses by 20
|
Maximum at 8 and regresses by puberty
|
Lymphatic Vessels
|
Both Efferent and Afferent present
|
Only Afferent
|
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