Question

With increasing age there is a fall in the 

A. Arterial pulse pressure. 

B. Ability to detect smells. 

C. Ability of the kidneys to concentrate urine. 

D. Residual volume of the lungs. 

E. Fasting blood glucose concentration.

Answer 1

A. False It rises with loss of arterial elasticity. 

B. True The condition is called hyposmia. 

C. True Due to a fall in maximal renal medullary osmolality. 

D. False It increases as small airways collapse more readily. 

E. False It rises as glucose homeostasis loses efficiency