In Healthy Patients, Lymph Nodes Are Usually Small, Soft, and Free

question 11

Multiple Choice

In healthy patients, lymph nodes are usually small, soft, and free or mobile in the surrounding tissue. Therefore lymph nodes normally can be easily visualized or palpable during an extraoral examination of a healthy patient.

• A) Both statements are true.
• B) Both statements are false.
• C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
• D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

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Definitions:

Tympanic Membrane

A thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear, also known as the eardrum, which vibrates in response to sound waves.

Hypomobility

Reduced mobility or movement of a joint or body part.

Startle

A quick, involuntary reaction or movement in response to a sudden, unexpected stimulus.