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Do we have lymph nodes in our tongues?
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Tongue glands: You do not have lymph nodes in your tongue. Your tongue is a single large voluntary muscle. Your oral cavity is loaded with lymphatic channels and lymph glands that will react if your tongue gets an infection, inflammation, or tumor.
Answered 3/11/2017
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Monitoring Centers: Lymphatic system absorbs/carries things too big to go into the arteries/veins like bacteria eaten by white cells/digested food. Lymph nodes "taste" the lymph everywhere for bad stuff like bacteria/viruses/cancers, etc. When it detects a problem, it alerts the immune system and your body reacts. They enlarge in response to the inflammation they create when they react. They shrink when all is well.
Answered 3/4/2014
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