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NU 606 Exam 4, chapters 18, 19, 24 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Senescence stage - Answer-Last stage of the life cycle, old age to death, which requires the individual to cope with a large range of changes along with changes on the cellular and organ level, what is gaining characterized ...

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NU 606 Exam 4, chapters 18, 19, 24
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Senescence stage - Answer✔✔-Last stage of the life cycle, old age to death, which requires the

individual to cope with a large range of changes


along with changes on the cellular and organ level, what is gaining characterized - Answer✔✔-

decreased capacity to adapt to change


potential causes of aging - Answer✔✔-1-predetermined apoptosis


2-cellular damage resulting from accumulated wastes and altered protein or lipid components


3-wear and tear


4-increased degenerative changes in collagen and elastin


5-random errors in cell mitosis


6-free radicals (peroxides)


7-latent virus'


8-increased autoimmune reactions


what are free radicals known to do - Answer✔✔-damage nucleic acids and cells leading to

cancer and other disease


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how does a slower metabolic rate effect the cells - Answer✔✔-mitosis slows down, decreased

tissue repair


what is menopause - Answer✔✔-ovaries cease to produce estrogen and progesterone, which

raises follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone (biofeedback mechanisms), and

ultimately the ovaries cease to respond to FSH and LH


what happens to vaginal ph as women age past menopause - Answer✔✔-alkaline, increased r/f

infection


what is BPH - Answer✔✔-benign prostatic hypertrophy, central part of the gland around the

uretthra hypertrophies, resulting in some degree of obstruction of the urethra. , surgery if

urinary flow impaired


why is cancer of the prostate, uterine, and breast, more likely in older age - Answer✔✔-altered

hormonal levels


why are elderly increased risk for bruising and skin injury - Answer✔✔-dermis is thinner and

subcutaneous tissue is diminished, fewer capillaries are present and cell proliferation is

decreased, the numbers of sensory receptors in the skin and mucosa decline


why are elderly people have dry and wrinkled skin - Answer✔✔-elastic fibers are reduced and

collagen fibers become less flexible


what interferes with cardiac muscle conduction and contraction - Answer✔✔-fatty tissue and

collagen fibers accumulate in the heart with aging



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