Which is true of tonsils_______________?

Correct answer: C. Drained by jugulo digastric lymph nodes

  • A. Lies on inferior constrictor
  • B. Developed from 4th branchial cleft
  • C. Drained by jugulo digastric lymph nodes
  • D. Crypts lined by stratified columnar epithelium

Explanation

Lymph from the palatine tonsil chiefly drains to the jugulodigastric lymph nodes, which may become enlarged during tonsillitis. The tonsil lies on the superior constrictor and its crypts are lined by stratified squamous epithelium, not stratified columnar epithelium.

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