States of Matter: Facts. Matter is all around us. Matter is the air you are breathing. Matter is the computer you are reading from now. Matter is the stuff you touch and see. And it is more. Matter is defined as anything that has mass and takes up space.
The high specificity at 10 and 11 mmindicates that lymph nodes of this size are almostalways metastatic in this level.A study of level II lymph nodes shows that for thewhole population a minimum diameter of 8 mm givesa relatively high sensitivity and specificity of 81% and80%, respectively.
Lymph nodes are bean-shaped structures about 0.1 â 2.5 cm in length. The node is enclosed in a capsule and has an indentation on one surface (along one of its long axes) known as the hilum. The hilum is the point at which arteries carrying nutrients and lymphocytes enter the lymph node and veins leave it. Afferent lymphatic vessels enter the lymph node through the capsule peripherally and efferent lymphatic vessels leave the node via the hilum.