Eliopoulos Chapter 5 Common Aging Changes Exam Questions With 100% Pass
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Eliopoulos Chapter 5 Common Aging Changes Exam Questions With 100% Pass
Crystallized intelligence - Answer-knowledge accumulated over a lifetime; arises from the dominant hemisphere of the brain
/.fluid intelligence - Answer-involves new information emanating from the nondominant hemisphere; ...
Eliopoulos Chapter 5 Common Aging
Changes Exam Questions With 100%
Pass
Crystallized intelligence - Answer-knowledge accumulated over a lifetime; arises from
the dominant hemisphere of the brain
/.fluid intelligence - Answer-involves new information emanating from the nondominant
hemisphere; controls emotions, retention of nonintellectual information, creative
capacities, spatial perceptions, and aesthetic appretiation
/.immunosenescence - Answer-the aging of the immune system
/.presbycusis - Answer-progressive hearing loss that occurs as a result of age-related
changes to the inner ear
/.presbyesophagus - Answer-a condition characterized by a decreased intensity of
propulsive waves and an increased frequency of non-propulsive waves in the
esophagus
/.presbyopia - Answer-the inability to focus or accommodate properly due to reduced
elasticity of the lens
/.the number of cells are ____ with age - Answer-gradually reduced with age (leaving
fewer functional cells in the body)
/.lean body mass is ____ and total body fat as a proportion of the body's
composition______. - Answer-reduced
increases
/.fat tissue increases until___ - Answer-the 6th decade of life
/.cellular solids and bone mass are _________-- - Answer-decreased
/.the changes in intracellular fluid results in - Answer-less total body fluid
, /.the decrease in total body fluid makes _______a significant risk to older adults -
Answer-dehydration
/.body shrinkage in older adults is due to - Answer-reduced hydration, loss of cartilage,
thinning of vertebrae
/.what occurs to the contours of the body as body fat atrophies with age - Answer-body
contours gain a body appearance along with deepening of the hollows of the intercostal
and supraclavicular spaces, orbits, and acillae
/.what are some physical manifestations of loss of tissue elasticity throughout the body -
Answer-elongated ears, a double chin, baggy eyelids
/.what is responsible for the decrease in skin-fold thickness - Answer-loss of
subcutaneous fat
/.why are older adults more sensitive to cold temperatures - Answer-because of the loss
of subcutaneous fat, which is the bodys natural insulation
/.connective tissue changes to the respiratory system can lead to - Answer-drooping of
the nose and septum deviation (which leads to mouth breathing, snoring, and
obstructive apnea)
/.what occurs to the submucosal glands of an older adult - Answer-submucosal glands
have decreased secretions, reducing the ability to dilute mucus secretion. This causes
thicker secretions that are more difficult to remove and give the sensation of stuffyness
/.what structural changes occur in the chest with age - Answer-the calcification of costal
cartilage (make the trachea and rib cage more rigid), anterior-posterior chest diameter
increases (often demonstrated by kyphosis), and thoracic inspiratory and expiratory
muscles are weaker.
/.what is the effect of the structural changes to the chest that occur with age - Answer-
the structural changes reduce respiratory activity
/.what reflexes of the respiratory system are blunted - Answer-the cough and laryngeal
reflexes
/.in the lungs, cilia ____ in number - Answer-cillia reduce in number
/.______ of the bronchial mucous gland occurs in the lungs with age - Answer-
hypertrophy
/.hypertrophy - Answer-
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