KROK 1 2007 – Question 186 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy

A patient has pain, edema and reddening of his skin in the anterosuperior area of his thigh and his foot’s thumb. What lymph nodes of his lower extremity responded to the inflammatory process?

  1. A. Superficial inguinal
  2. B. Deep inguinal
  3. C. Internal longitudinal
  4. D. Superficial longitudinal
  5. E. General longitudinal
Hint

Skin lymph from the anterior thigh and the big toe is collected by the group of lymph nodes lying in the subcutaneous tissue just below the inguinal ligament.

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