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chanes to the respiratory system with age - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-PO2 reduced as much as 15% between ages 20-80
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-loss of elasticity and increased rigidity
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-decreased ciliary action |\ |\




-forced expiratory volume reduced
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-blunting of cough and laryngeal reflexes
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-by age 90 approx 50% increase in residual capacity
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-alveoli fewer in nuber and larger in size
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-thoracic muscles more rigid |\ |\ |\




-reduced basilar inflation |\ |\




-lungs become smaller in size and weigh with age
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-trachea stiffens due to calcification of its cartilage
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-nose experiences connective tissue changes reduce support
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-gag reflex weaker
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-alveoli are less elasic, develop fibrosis tissue and contain fewer
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functional capillaries |\ |\




-kyphosis
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changes to the cells of the body - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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number of cells gradually reduced
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,-leaving fewer functional cells in the body
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-lean body mass reduced
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-fat tissue increase s until the sixth decade of life
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-total body fat as a porpotion of the body composition increases.
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-Cellular solids and bone mass are decreased
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-Extracellular fluid remains failry constant |\ |\ |\ |\




-where as intracellular fluid is decreased
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-resulting in less total body fluid |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-This decrease makes dehydration a significant risk to older
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adults


Gastroinstestinal System age changes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


decreased taste sensation |\ |\




-esophagus more dilated |\ |\




-reduced saliva and salivary ptyalin
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-liver smaller in size
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-reduced instestinal blood flow |\ |\ |\




-decreased esophageal motility |\ |\




-atrophy of gastric mucosa |\ |\ |\




-decreased stomach motility, hunger contractions, and emptying
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time
-less production of hydrochloric acid, pepsin, lipase, and
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pancreatic enzymes |\ |\




- fewer cells on absorbing surface of intestines
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-slower peristalisis |\

,-tongue atrophies |\




-there is thinning of oral mucosa and a weakening of the muscles
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involved in mastication
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reduced elasticity of stomach
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stomach has a higher ph |\ |\ |\ |\




Urinary System aging - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-decreased size of
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renal mass
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-decreased tubuler function |\ |\




-decreased bladder capacity |\ |\ |\




-decrease in nephrons |\ |\




-betweenages 20 and 90, renal blood flow decreases 53% and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


glomerular filtration rate decreases 50 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-weaker bladder muscles |\ |\




-nocturia
-weak bladder muscles
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ageing of the female reproductive system - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-fallopian tubes atrophy and shorten |\ |\ |\ |\




-ovaries become thicker and smaller
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-cervix becomes smaller
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-drier less elastic vaginal canal
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-flattening of labia |\ |\




-endocervical epithelium atrophies |\ |\




-uterus becomes smaller in size
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, -endometrium atrophies |\




-more alkaline vaginal environment
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-loss of vulvar subcutaneous fat and hair
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-vulva atrophy
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-vaginal epithelium becomes thin
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-cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries atrophy
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-uterus and overies decrease in size
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- breasts sag and less firm
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-some retraction of nipples
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-fibrosis and calcification of the terminal ducts
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Aging of the male reproductive system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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fluid-retaining capacity of seminal vesicles reduces |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-possible reduction in sperm count
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-venous and arterial sclerosis of penis
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-prostate enlarges in most men |\ |\ |\ |\




-seminal vesicles having a thinner epithelium
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-replacement of muscle with connective tissue |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-structural changes in the seminiferous tubules include fibrosis,
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thinning of epithelium,thickening of the basement membrane
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-narrowing of the lumen |\ |\ |\




-atrophy of the testes |\ |\ |\




-reduction is testicular mass |\ |\ |\ |\




-more time required for an erection
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