When a clinician palpates the armpits and neck to determine if a patient has tenderness in those regions as a result of infection, they are checking for swollen

A. spleens.
B. Peyer's patches.
C. lymph nodes.
D. tonsils.
E. thymic tissue.


Answer: C

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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