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An emmetrope aged 70 with a normal near add struggles to read fine print despite correct glasses. Regarding the physiological basis of presbyopia, which statement is most accurate?

Presbyopia is caused by progressive corneal flattening reducing total power The ciliary muscle atrophies completely by age 50, abolishing all accommodation The amplitude of accommodation falls with age, mainly due to increasing lens hardness and reduced lens elasticity Zonular rupture is the primary mechanism of age-related accommodative loss

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The amplitude of accommodation falls with age, mainly due to increasing lens hardness and reduced lens elasticity

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