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Lymph Site Draining Nodes Downstream Infection Receives Antigens

Front A lymph node downstream of a site of infection that receives antigens and microbes from the site via the lymphatic system. Draining lymph nodes often enlarge enormously during an immune response and can be palpated; they were originally called swollen glands
Back draining lymph nodes

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