soft palate
November 30th, 2009
Laterally, the soft palate is continuous with folds, or arches. The anterior palatoglossal arch (arcus palatoglossus) passes to the lateral surface of the tongue, the posterior palatopharyngeal arch (arcus palatopharyngeus) stretches for some distance on the lateral wall of the pharynx. A depression forms between the anterior and posterior arches which lodges the palatine tonsil (tonsilla palatine). Each palatine tonsil is an oval-shaped mass of lymphoid tissue. The tonsil occupies the greater inferior part of a triangular depression between the arches (sinus tonsillaris s. fossa tonsillaris). icd 10 training for coding and billing for these in detail for billing also.
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