Question

The digestive tract of the elderly are often worn out and do not absorb nutrients and fluids well. true or false

Answer 1

true is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The digestive tract of the elderly are often worn out and do not absorb nutrients and fluids well because

• when the individual grows old their muscular activity slows down due to this it does not contract and relax properly.
• due aging changes take place in every cells.

• There are many age-related diseases or problems which make the digestive tract unhealthy due to this nutrient are not absorbed properly and people suffer from constipation.

As a result, their muscles movement gets slow thus this makes the digestion improper and slow.

Answer 2

Answer: True.

Explanation:

The digestive tract of the elder people are often worn out and does not absorbs nutrients and fluids. This makes them unhealthy. There are many age related problems when we grow old the muscles do not contract and relax easily.

The nutrients are not absorbed completely and there is a problem of constipation as when there is a slow movement of muscles, the digestion is very poor and slow.