Identify microscopically:

1. Epithelium

2. Tonsil

3. Underlying tissue

Draw and annotate:

A diagram of the palatine tonsil showing the different structures.

Reflection:

1. What type of epithelium is found here?

2. What is the palatine tonsil made up from?

3. What is characteristic of the crypts?

4. On the basis of the type of secretory unit, what type of gland and what type of duct system is found deep in the tonsil?

Other

• Drawing showing structures of the oral cavity
• Structures in the oral cavity
• Section through the palatine tonsil (B & W)

• Fig 63-001
• Fig 63-002