What is the benefit of having tonsils at the oral entry to the pharynx?

There are three main divisions of the pharynx: the oral pharynx, the nasal pharynx, ... of the opening between the mouth cavity and the oral pharynx is a palatine tonsil, ... The epiglottis, a lidlike covering that protects the entrance to the larynx, ...

Tonsils help capture germs that are commonly swallowed, which benefits our immune system. We have many defenses similar to tonsils, though. For example we have a film over the back of our tongue that captures germs and breaks them down with an acid similar to what's found in our saliva and tears.

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!

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