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True or False? By the age of 60, the average person has lost approximately 25% of their kidney function.

What percentage of noninstitutionalized older adults have a chronic health condition that could be improved with proper nutrition?

True or False? The older adult population is expected to more than double between 2010 and 2060.

Select all of the following which are roles for calcium in a muscle contraction.

Select all of the following glands that belong to the endocrine system.

Indicate the benefits and downsides of signaling with each the nervous system vs the endocrine system. Use examples where beneficial.

An individual with low oxygen saturation levels trying to run a marathon would have difficulty making enough ATP for their

Within a muscle, muscle fibers are organized in bundles called fascicles.

If a muscle were stretched to the point where thick and thin filaments no longer overlapped

Rigor mortis is prolonged muscle contraction following death. Why can’t muscles relax in this period following death? Describe what is happening with the contractile proteins (actin and myosin).