Preventive Medicine Is as Important for the Elderly as It

question 56

True/False

Preventive medicine is as important for the elderly as it is for the rest of the population and may reduce medical costs.

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Definitions:

Prehypertensive

A condition where an individual's blood pressure is elevated above normal but not yet high enough to be classified as hypertension.

Pulmonary Circulation

The part of the circulatory system that delivers blood to and from the lungs for oxygenation. Compare with systemic circulation.

Blood Flow

The movement of blood through the circulatory system of an organism, delivering oxygen and nutrients while removing waste products.

Correct Sequence

The arrangement of things in a particular, proper, or desired order, often applied to the arrangement of nucleotides in a DNA molecule or amino acids in a protein.