Answer: d) the elderly are less able to distinguish colors
Which of the following is NOT considered an age-related change in the physical apparatus of an elderly person's eye?
a) the retina of a 60-year-old person receives a third as much light as a 20-year-old person
b) the optic nerve becomes less efficient in transmitting nerve impulses to the brain
c) the lens of the eye becomes less transparent
d) the elderly are less able to distinguish colors
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