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During an Assessment of an 80-Year-Old Patient,the Nurse Notes the Patient's

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During an assessment of an 80-year-old patient,the nurse notes the patient's inability to identify vibrations at the ankle and to identify the position of the big toe,a slower and more deliberate gait,and slightly impaired tactile sensation.All other neurological findings are normal.The nurse knows that these findings indicate:


A) cranial nerve dysfunction.
B) a lesion in the cerebral cortex.
C) normal changes due to aging.
D) demyelination of nerves due to a lesion.

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