Physical changes that occur in late adulthood include:
a. decreased subcutaneous fat, atrophy of sweatglands, osteoporosis and increased chestrigidity
b. increased subcutaneous fat, atrophy of sweatglands, osteoporosis and decreased chestrigidity.
c. increased subcutaneous fat, atrophy of sweatglands, rheumatoid arthritis and decreased
chest rigidity.
d. decreased subcutaneous fat, atrophy of sweat
glands, rheumatoid arthritis and decreased
chest rigidity.
a
Decreased subcutaneous fat and collagen leads to inelastic wrinkly skin, atrophy of sweat glands leads to skin
dryness, loss of blood vessel wall elasticity leads to a decreased
cardiac output, increased chest rigidity leads to decreased
lung expansion and osteoporosis is caused by thinning of
the bone.
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