Muscular weakness tends to develop in old age for all of the following reasons except
A)aged muscle has less glycogen, myoglobin, and creatine phosphate.
B)there are fewer motor neurons in the spinal cord.
C)aged muscle fibers have fewer myofibrils.
D)there are fewer and smaller mitochondria.
E)myocytes do not synthesize myosin anymore.

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Myocytes continue to synthesize myosin even in old age; the other options are true reasons for muscular weakness in the elderly.

Muscular Weakness Tends to Develop in Old Age for All