Assertion: tonsil | /r/CapableOf | extend for variable distance
Facets:
value: under cover of the glossopalatine arch
type: LOCATION
value: further
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches across the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the plica triangularis.