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The nurse is assessing the abdomen of an aging adult. Which of these statements regarding the aging adult and abdominal assessment is true?.

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In the aging person, the abdominal musculature is thinner and has less tone than that of the younger adult, and abdominal rigidity with acute abdominal conditions is less common in aging. The aging person often complains less of pain than a younger person would with an acute abdominal condition.
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