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Osteoporosis A condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin, often brought about by a lack of calcium in the diet Effect: women are prone to height decline than men (2inches versus 1inch) Calcium-rich diet and exercising regularly Ex. Calcium is found in milk, yogurt, cheese, a...

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FAD 3220 FINAL EXAM CH 8 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Osteoporosis ✅A condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin, often
brought about by a lack of calcium in the diet

Effect: women are prone to height decline than men (2inches versus 1inch)

Calcium-rich diet and exercising regularly


Ex. Calcium is found in milk, yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products ✅Aspect of
aging due to lifestyle choices

Women and men can reduce the risk of osteoporosis by eating

55 ✅Settling Process
The bones attached to the spinal column become less dense

Begins around the age of _______

Middle ✅body fat is intended to increase in __________ adulthood

40 ✅Loss of Visual Acuity

Declines starting around the age of _____

The ability to discern fine spatial detail in both close and distant objects

The shape of the eye's lens changes and its elasticity deteriorates, which makes it
harder to focus images sharply into the retina

Lens becomes less transparent, so less light passes through the eye

Presbyopia ✅A nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood that
results in some loss of near vision
• Ex. Reading glasses

Glaucoma ✅A condition in which pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either
because the fluid cannot drain properly or because too much fluid is produced

Increased pressure may constrict the neurons involved in peripheral vision and lead to
tunnel vision

, Medication can reduce the pressure, as can surgery to restore normal drainage of eye
fluid

Glaucoma; African Americans ✅One of the most frequent eye problems

If not treated, can lead to blindness

Around one to two percent of people over the age of 40 are afflicted

_____________ are particularly susceptible

Presbycusis; men ✅Loss of the ability to hear sounds of high frequency

Cause: eardrum becomes less elastic... Reducing sensitivity to sound

12 percent of people 45 and 65 suffer

________ are more prone to have hearing loss instead of women

Sound localization ✅trouble identifying the direction and origin of sound

Affects people with hearing problems

Female climacteric ✅marks the transition that ends the childbearing years

45; menopause ✅Female climacteric:

Enter this period around _____that lasts 15 to 20 years

Most notable sign of this transition is _______________

2 year; 47 or 48 ✅Menstrual periods begin to occur irregularly and less frequently
during a ____ year period starting around the age of ___ or ____, although this may
begin as early as age 40 or as late as age 60

Male Climacteric Menopause; prostate gland ✅is a period of physical and
psychological change relating to the male reproductive system that occurs during late
middle age

Occurs late in midlife, typically in a man's 50's

Men are able to father children throughout middle age despite declines in testosterone
and sperm count

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