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The 35-year-old female patient has a hard nodule about 1 cm in diameter slightly above and lateral to her right areola. A specific dye is injected into the tissue around the tumor, and an incision is made to expose the lymphatic vessels draining the area, for the lymphatic vessels take up the dye-which is visible to the eye. The vessels can then be traced to surgically expose the lymph nodes receiving the lymph from the tumor. Which of the following nodes will most likely first encounter the lymph from the tumor?

AAnterior axillary (pectoral) nodes
BRotter interpectoral nodes
CParasternal nodes along the internal thoracic artery and vein
DCentral axillary nodes
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