The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the sensory system at the local senior citizen center. What should the nurse tell the senior citizens that is experienced as an effect of aging on the sense of vision?
A) Hyperopia
B) Myopia
C) Astigmatism
D) Presbyopia
D
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Presbyopia is a gradual loss of the function of accommodation. Objects that are at a distance appear blurred to a client with myopia. A person with hyperopia cannot see close objects clearly. A person who has astigmatism cannot bring horizontal and vertical lines into focus at the same time, causing blurry vision.
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