CODE A36-ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LECTURE BSN1-SET4

NAME BAGASIN, HYACINTH KAYE D.

MODULE 10 LEARNING TASK:

 Describe the changes the integumentary system undergoes with age.

The integumentary system of the body is more prompt to changes as

a person earns age. These changes that occur include wrinkles, moles,
age spots, dryness, thinning, and pigment changes in the hair and skin.
Several of these natural changes produce risk that can be resolved
easily, while the others are drastic and could be life-threatening. The
corresponding risk includes injury, infection, illness, and temperature
control.
Through the aging process, skin cells change shape and so the
barrier function reduced causing the skin to be more susceptible to
damage and infections. Due to aging, skin repair becomes more slowly.
The skin begins to subside and wrinkle as the number of elastic fibers
in the dermis decreases and adipose tissue begins to drop. Regulation of
the body temperature also reduces as the activity of the sweat glands
decreases. Elderly people are vulnerable to heat stress since the
elderly cannot quickly adjust to any sudden change of temperature due to
impaired blood flow and less subcutaneous fat that insulate the body.