After completing data collection the nurse determines that an older patient is experiencing the death of melanocytes. What observation did the nurse use to make this determination?
a. Dry skin
b. Wrinkled skin
c. Thin and gray hair
d. Thin and fragile skin
ANS: C
With aging the hair follicles become inactive and melanocytes die leading to gray and thin hair. A. Dry skin is caused by less active sebaceous glands. B. Wrinkled skin is caused by less active sebaceous glands and deterioration of collagen and elastin fibers. D. Thin and fragile skin is caused by slowing of epidermal cell division.
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