Leslie has a severe sore throat and the lymph nodes in her neck are swollen. This would indicate that
A) the focus of the infection is the lymph nodes.
B) lymph is not flowing consistently through these lymph nodes.
C) the lymph nodes contain an increased number of lymphocytes.
D) the lymph nodes are actively producing phagocytes.
E) the lymph nodes have increased their secretion of thymosin.
C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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