A patient has come to you for a second opinion. "I have these mysterious lumps in my right armpit," he says, "The other doctor says we may have to remove them. What do you think?"You notice red scratches on the patient's right arm. "You must have a new kitten. Cat scratch disease, from the bacterium Bartonella," you say, "And we certainly won't remove those lumps, they are really important! Those are your..."
A. "thymus glands, where naive B and T cells encounter antigens and become activated."
B. "lymph nodes, where naive B and T cells encounter antigens and become activated."
C. "lymph nodes, where T-cell receptor genes are rearranged as T cells mature."
D. "spleen, where hematopoietic stem cells produce lymphoid and myeloid progenitors."
Answer: B
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