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• Skin changes:
○ Three layers of the skin:
○ Epidermis: cells lose regularity and form in random arrangement
○ Dermis: composed of collagen and elastin
○ Subcutaneous fat: underlying layer of fat tissue that supports the skins
○ Sebaceous glands
○ Risk factors for skin changes: genetics, fair skin, photo aging (exposure to sun),
environmental toxins.
• Nails
Nails are actually a part of the skin
Nail growth rate slow down
Become yellow and ridged
Toes nails become curved
• Teeth loss
○ Jaw bone losses due to wear and tear
○ Yellow and loss of enamel
○ With tooth loss , lower income more likely to have no teeth.
• Hair
Hair eventually turns gray and then to white
Reductions in melanin production cause lack of pigmentation( gray/white hair)
Hair becomes thinner
○ Androgenetic alopecia- hair follicles stop producing the long thick pigmented hairs
and actually produce more of the short and fine un-pigmented hairs we can barely
see.
○ Vision: loss of visual acuity in someone 85 is 80% less than someone in their 40’s
Smoking
Family history
Age 60 .37secs
• Smoking
• diabetes
• loud noises
• Muscles force reaches peak in 20’s and at 30’s remains stable util a fast decline after
50’s.
Being male
Being white
Very sedentary
Caloric restriction
• Bones/Joints
○ Physical activity
○ magnesium intake.
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• Mobility and Balance
Beginning in 40’s
Become unaware of body position, which causes greater like hood of falls
• Cardiovascular system:
• Respiratory System
• Lower BMI and less fat intake can prevent respiratory problems.
• Exercise
• Quit smoking
• Urinary System:
• Changes in finances, mobility to shop, cognitive declines all impair ability to eat
properly
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• Endocrine System: set of glands that regulates hormones
• Immune System:-body ability to fight off stress, infection and other threats to our well being
• Immune senescence
• Nervous System:
○ Central Nervous System: coordinates the activity for all parts of our bodies.
○ Sleep apnea: form of snoring which restrict airflow to lungs causing a person to
momentarily awake.
Prevention: alter sleep habit, watch out for sleep meds, and alcohol, exercise, sleep
Temperature Control:
Deaths from hyperthermia increase particularly for people with heart disease
cold.
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