Elderly patients are more likely than other patients to experience postural hypotension. This is a sign of aging related to the ____. 

A. integumentary system
B. musculoskeletal system
C. nervous system
D. cardiovascular system
E. special senses

D. cardiovascular system
Postural hypotension is a loss of blood pressure when standing or sitting up abruptly.

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The area where the internodal pathways join the bundle of His is:

A. the right bundle branch. B. Purkinje's network. C. the left bundle branch. D. the AV junction.

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