During his yearly physical examination, the 85-year-old patient remarks that he feels like he's becoming shorter. The nurse should describe how postural modifications, bone shortness, bone thinning, and also no subcutaneous adipose loss produce decreased height as people age.
1. As people age, their posture naturally changes; the most obvious alteration is a drop in height, which is caused by the spinal column shrinking.
2. Long bones also do not get shorter as they get older.
3. As people age, intervertebral disks get thinner.
4. Rather than being lost, subcutaneous fat is transferred to the hips and abdomen.
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