Anatomy Assignment: Skin Alterations, Wound Healing, Osteoporosis, and Supplements

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ANATOMY ASSIGNMENT
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ANATOMY ASSIGNMENT1
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Question 2........................................................................................................................................2
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ANATOMY ASSIGNMENT2
Question 1
1.i. The given case study is about a 77 year old female named Joyce, who used to work in a
nursing home and presently she has been facing difficulties to move. As the age increases, the
condition of the skin also changes. The skin is composed of two layers- the dermis and
epidermis. The primary function of epidermis is to maintain the structural integrity of skin and it
do so by providing physical barrier to the microbes. The function of dermis is to provide
strength, blood, support and oxygen and the subcutaneous layer beneath the dermis function as
the shock absorber from trauma, maintain the heat loss from the body (Dunne et al. 2015). One
of the important alteration of the skin as the age of a person increases is the reduced ability of the
epidermal layer to prevent the loss of water. The aging also effects the desquamation of the
stratum conium, which plays a very significant role in the maintaining the skin’s moisture.
Prolonged turnover of the epidermal layer and slowed desquamation lead to the thinning of the
top layer of the corneocytes and thus creates a larger surface area for the loss of fluid (Di
Lorenzo et al. 2017).
1.ii. Many factors affect the wound healing process of the aged persons, starting from the type of
dressings to the status of the nutrition that the person is taking. As people grow older they
experience physiological changes which put them in the risk of poor healing of wounds. The rate
of wound healing also depends on the state of wellness of the person and the bodily
transformations are also responsible for the dealing the wound healing procedures of the aged
people. As a person grow older, the skin elasticity gets reduced so it becomes difficult for the
skin to return to the normal shape and color. The levels of collagen also get reduced as the age of
the person increases. As the elasticity of the skin decreases the level collagen also get reduced
and the capacity to develop new cells and tissue regeneration also decreases. The age related
diseases are also responsible for the reduction in the capability of the older people to reduce the
wound healing process. Patients who are suffering from heart diseases and diabetes affect low
level of blood flow and thus the wound area become malnutrition and low in oxygen thus the
wound healing decreases (Sorg et al. 2017).