Being my first time having swollen lymph nodes, i have gotten curious with the areas in my neck. i started to feel around the edges of the hyoid bone, and felt a bump at each end if the hyoid bone. am i just feeling the bone, or is it something more?

Not the first time: A college-aged person would not be having his first episode of swollen neck lymph nodes. The neck nodes in the front of the neck swell up with a variety of common childhood illnesses, so normal children get swollen nodes off and on. By adulthood, strep throat is likely the most common cause. Mono (mononucleosis) and other infections cause it too. One's primary care doctor can take a close look.