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The Older Adult, There is a connection with the muscular, cardiovascular,…

- - - - Increased risk for aspiration
- - - - Reduced number of alveoli
        
        Increased Risk of Respiratory Infections
- - - - Loss of sense of body position/movement
        
        Risk for falls
      - demyelination
  - - - Reduced lens elasticity
      - Stiff muscle fibers
    - - Presbycusis
        
        Hearing Loss
        
        Loss of Hair cells
        
        Reduced Blood Supply
        
        Basilar membrane becomes less flexible
        
        Less endolymph production
    - - Narrowed visual field
        
        Decreased peripheral vision
    - - Reduced number of sensory cells
      - Tongue atrophy
    - - Reduced receptors
- - - - Decreased renal blood flow and decreased numbers of functioning glomeruli
- - - - Blood clots
    - - Signals are not communicated properly from top to bottom of heart
- - - - Kyphosis
  - - - Decreased muscle mass
- - - - Thin mucosa
      - Thin epithelium
      - Fibrosis of seminiferous tubules
      - Narrowed Lumen
      - Thick basement membranes
      - Prostatic enlargement
  - - - Atrophy of Vulva
      - Flattened labia
      - Loss of subcutaneous tissue
    - - Changed Flora
- - - - Thymus gland becomes smaller with age
        
        Increased susceptibility to disease