'''Tonsils''' is a term commonly used to reference the [[human]] palatine tonsils. They are two masses of [[lymph|lymphoid]] oid tissue located on either side of the [[throat]] at the back of the [[tongue]] and are oval in nature. The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in. The tonsils act as a filter against [[disease]].
Tonsils can become a site of infection, which is a condition known as [[tonsillitis]], and sometimes causes tonsils to become enlarged. This condition is more prevalent during [[childhood]], because the tonsils tissue tends to regress with age. Removal of the tonsils is sometimes advised if frequent inflammation poses a threat to [[health]].
Promoters of the [[theory of evolution]] taught that tonsils were [[vestigial structures]], whereby they no longer had meaning in the modern human body and were left over from an earlier stage of development. This teaching, which was false, led to a common practice to remove the tonsils when they became inflamed. Millions of children were needlessly injured by this procedure over a period of many decades, some even dying under the [[anesthesia]], before this false teaching by [[evolutionists]] was quietly rejected.
==See Also also ==
* [[adenoids]]