Leslie has a bad sore throat, and the lymph glands in her neck are swollen. This would indicate that

A) the focus of the infection is the lymph glands.
B) lymph is not flowing through these lymph glands.
C) the affected lymph glands contain an increased number of lymphocytes.
D) the lymph gland is actively producing phagocytes.
E) the lymph gland has increased its secretion of thymosin.


Answer: C

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