where are your tonsils

Your tonsils sit at the back of your throat on both sides, just behind the tongue and next to the little hanging thing in the middle (the uvula).

More specifically:

• The “usual” tonsils people mean are the palatine tonsils, visible if you open your mouth wide and say “ah.”

• They’re part of a ring of immune tissue (the tonsil “ring”) that also includes:
  • Adenoids (pharyngeal tonsil): high up behind the nose.

* **Lingual tonsil:** at the very back/base of the tongue.

They act like small immune checkpoints, helping catch germs that come in through your mouth and nose.

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