As adults age, their ability to resist infection is reduced because of the lymphatic nodes becoming more:
a. fibrotic.
b. mucoid.
c. porous.
d. profuse.
A
Older adults' lymph nodes diminish in both number and size and are replaced with more fibrotic and fatty tissues.
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