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Which of these physiologic changes contribute to older adults’ increased risk of developing cancer?

Endocrine structures

In an effort to better judge my effectiveness in helping students learn, I am testing what students know at the beginning versus the end of my Anatomy & Physiology courses. Your score on this prior knowledge quiz will not be calculated into your overall grade. However, completion of this quiz will earn you a 100% on one of your quiz grades. If you do not complete this quiz, you will earn a zero for one of your quiz grades.Note:  You will need a webcam to take this quiz and it will automatically trigger the Proctorio software once you open the quiz. Please treat this quiz as if it were one of the major exams; however, consequences for violating the exam testing protocol will be suspended on this quiz, so that I can help you correct your honest mistakes. Look for an email from me with feedback on how your testing environment looked after you take the prior knowledge quiz. Consequences will be suspended only on this quiz.

Even if eating a healthy, well-planned diet, older adults still may need to supplement with which nutrients?

True or False? Up to 50% of older adults are affected by dysphagia.

A muscle that works against, or in opposition to, the agonist is called the ______________.

Calculate the mean of  34.6, 82.1, 16.3, 55.7 In the box below type the two separate lines.  (Copy/Paste is disabled). mydata=c(34.6, 82.1, 16.3, 55.7)mean(mydata) Run it and THEN enter the answer in the window below. Running it does not automatically submit it.  If you cannot see it, use any R snippet window in this exam that works, or open https://rdrr.io/snippets/ 

What is the site of gas exchange?

Older adults are expected to live longer because of:

Muscles found near the hyoid bone are involved in which of the following actions?