Which Is/are True Regarding the Elderly in the United States

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which is/are true regarding the elderly in the United States?

• A)though the elderly do not seem reluctant to talk about dying and death, others are reluctant to talk to them about dying and death
• B)research suggests that older adults think of death more often than younger adults but appear to have less fear concerning death
• C)older adults tend to see their lives as having less prospects for the future and less value
• D)research suggests that the widowed tend to be more fearful of death than the elderly married or remarried
• E)all of the above are true

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Definitions:

Epididymis

A long, coiled tube located at the back of the testes that stores and carries sperm.

Seminal Fluid

A viscous fluid composed of spermatozoa and various secretions from the male reproductive glands, supporting and facilitating sperm mobility.

Seminal Vesicles

Glands located near the prostate in males that produce a significant portion of the fluid constituting semen, providing nutrients and a medium for sperm transport.

Prostate Gland

Gland that surrounds the beginning of the urethra in the male. The secretion of the gland is a milky fluid that is discharged by 20–30 excretory ducts into the prostatic urethra as part of the semen.