Question

Aging effects all of the body's cells; and therefore, the basic building blocks of tissues. As your body ages, many tissues ____________.

A) gain mass resulting in atrophy.
B) lose mass resulting in atrophy.
C) gain mass resulting in hypertrophy.
D) lose mass resulting in hypertrophy.

Answer 1

The answer would be B) Lose mass resulting in atrophy

Answer 2

I believe the correct answer from the choices listed above is option B. Aging effects all of the body's cells; and therefore, the basic building blocks of tissues. As your body ages, many tissues lose mass resulting in atrophy. Organ Atrophy is a decrease in the tissue mass of an organ due to either a decrease in size of individual cells (cellular atrophy). Hope this answers the question.