The Occipital Lymph Nodes Can Be Palpated During the Extraoral

The occipital lymph nodes can be palpated during the extraoral examination by asking the patient to tilt his or her head to the left and then to the right with the chin upward BECAUSE the occipital lymph nodes empty into the inferior deep cervical nodes of the neck.

A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but NOT related.
C) The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
D) The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.