The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old healthy female patient. When palpating the nodes on this healthy 60-year-old adult, how did the lymph nodes feel?

A) Fixed
B) Nonpalpable
C) Rubbery, discrete, and mobile
D) Large, firm, and fixed to the tissue

Nonpalpable

Characterizes something that cannot be felt with the hands during a physical examination, often relating to tumors or other bodily masses.

Rubbery

A term often used in medicine to describe a consistency of tissue that is flexible yet resistant, similar to the feel of rubber.

Fixed

A term that describes something that is securely attached, unchanging, or incapable of being altered.