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HCAD 222 Final Exam Questions with CorrectAnswers.
Young-old - Correct Answer 65-74
Old-old - Correct Answer 75-84
Oldest old - Correct Answer 85+
Ageism - Correct Answer Discrimination based on age
Religion and Well-Being - Correct Answer increases in faith and spirituality as people
search for meaning
Senescence - Correct Answer the process by which the capacity for cell division,
growth, and function is lost over time, ultimately leading to an incompatibility with life.
Telomeres - Correct Answer tiny tips at the ends of each chromosome that become
shorter each time the cell divides until they are gone and the cell is no longer able to
divide
Free radicals - Correct Answer molecules of oxygen ionized because of an extra
electron
Antioxidants - Correct answer a substance that destroys free radicals, thereby
preventing damage to cell structures
Hay flick limit - Correct Answer a maximum number of cell divisions that normal cells
undergo, as typically measured in a laboratory dish
Wear and tear theory - Correct Answer years of damage to the cells, tissues, and
organs eventually wears them out, killing them and then the body
Aging Clock Theory - Correct Answer claims that aging is programmed into our bodies
like a clock ticking away from conception
Cross-Linkage Theory - Correct Answer proposes that molecular structures that
normally are separated may be bound together through chemical reactions
Free radical theory - Correct Answer oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move
around the cell, damaging cell structures as they go
Cellular theory - Correct Answer theory that disease results from abnormalities in body
cells
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