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Assertion : Lymph nodes serve to trap the micro-ro-ganisms or other antigens which happen to get into the lymph and tissue fluid.
Reason : Antigen trapped in the lymph nodes are reason-sible for activation of lyymphocytes present there and cause the immune response.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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B
Lymph nodes serve to trap the micro-organisms or other antigens which happen to get into the lymph and tissue fluid
Antigen trapped in the lymph nodes are responsble for activation of contains lymphocytes present there and cause the immune response.
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