The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled,thin,lax,and dry.This finding would be related to:
A) increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly.
B) increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly.
C) an increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the elderly.
D) an increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the elderly.
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