where are your adenoids

Your adenoids are located high in your throat, behind your nose, in the upper part of your airway called the nasopharynx.

They sit:

• Just behind the nasal passages.
• On the roof and back wall of the nasopharynx (where the nose blends into the throat).

• Above the soft palate, so you can’t see them by looking in your mouth like you can with tonsils.

In simple terms: if you go straight back from your nose toward your throat, that’s where your adenoids are. They’re a small patch of lymphoid tissue that helps trap germs coming in through the nose and mouth.