Beginning Around the Time of Her 70^th Birthday, Margaret Began

question 173

Multiple Choice

Beginning around the time of her 70^th birthday, Margaret began to experience increasing problems in learning new things, with her memory, and with her motor coordination. She now is frequently confused, sometimes doesn't recognize people she has known for a long time, and her speech has become less fluent. The condition that would most likely be diagnosed in Margaret's case would be:

• A) senescence
• B) dementia
• C) atherosclerosis
• D) pathological aging

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Definitions:

Cremaster Muscle

Extension of abdominal muscles originating from the internal oblique muscles; in the male, raises the testicles; in the female, envelops the round ligament of the uterus.

Dartos Muscle

Layer of smooth muscle in the skin of the scrotum; contracts in response to lower temperature and relaxes in response to higher temperature; raises and lowers testes in the scrotum.

Epididymis

A coiled tube where sperm are stored and mature, located at the back of the testis.

Acrosome

Cap on the head of the spermatozoon, with hydrolytic enzymes that help the spermatozoon penetrate the ovum.